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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Marc Mamin <[email protected]>
Cc: '[email protected]' <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: unclear description for the Pattern Modifiers in formatting functions
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:45:57 -0400
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Marc Mamin <[email protected]> writes:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/functions-formatting.html#FUNCTIONS-FORMATTING-DATETIMEMOD... 
> The page suggests that the pattern modifiers (e.g. 'FM') only apply for Date/Time Format.

There are two separate tables (9-23, 9-25) showing which modifiers apply
for date/time and numeric cases, so I think it is fine as-is.

Mind you, the whole page is rather awkward.  Perhaps it would benefit from
being thrown away and rewritten from scratch.  I'm not volunteering though.

			regards, tom lane


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