From: Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: How to get localized to_char(DATE) output
Date: 6 May 2010 09:57:34 GMT
Message-ID: <hru3qe$cp7$1@reversiblemaps.ath.cx> (raw)
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On 2010-05-06, Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net> wrote:
> Tom Lane, 06.05.2010 00:51:
>> Thomas Kellerer<spam_eater@gmx.net> writes:
>>> I'm trying to get the output of the to_char(date, text) method in German but I can't get it to work:
>>
>> I think you need 'TMMon' to get a localized month name.
>>
>> regards, tom lane
>>
> Ah! Silly me. Now that you write this I can see it in the manual ;)
>
> The manual says the value for lc_time is OS dependent and indeed "set lc_time = 'German'" does not work on Solaris.
>
> Is there a way to get a list of allowed values for lc_time for a specific installation?
"man -k locale" would be my starting point (for anything POSIXish)
Looks like "locale -a" does it on linux, that may be worth a try.
"de_DE" is the locale for German as used in Germany.
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