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Subject: Re: to_date function
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-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org =
[mailto:pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org]
On Behalf Of anru chen
Sent: Friday, 7 September 2007 15:23
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: [SQL] to_date function

> Hi all:
>
> i am use postgres 8.2 on windows XP, following select statement
>
> "select to_date('10 August 2007','DD Month YYYY');"
> return me 0007-08-10,
>
> if i do "select to_date('10 September 2007','DD Month YYYY');"
> result is correct 2007-09-10

Try using TO_CHAR instead of TO_DATE if it's just for display purposes =
(I
assume it is)

If it's for comparison purposes, then just cast to a date either by =
CAST('10
August 2007' AS date) or '10 August 2007'::DATE

~p


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