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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index bf9caac2aee..0556fc35ab0 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.258 2004/04/07 05:05:49 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.259 2004/04/15 04:46:18 momjian Exp $ --> <Chapter Id="runtime"> @@ -2433,17 +2433,18 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF; <indexterm><primary>date style</></> <listitem> <para> - Sets the display format for date and time values, as well as - the rules for interpreting ambiguous date input values. - For historical reasons, this variable contains two independent + Sets the display format for date and time values, as well as the + rules for interpreting ambiguous date input values. For + historical reasons, this variable contains two independent components: the output format specification (<literal>ISO</>, - <literal>Postgres</>, <literal>SQL</>, or <literal>German</>) and - the date field order specification (<literal>DMY</>, <literal>MDY</>, - or <literal>YMD</>). These can be set separately or together. - The keywords <literal>Euro</> and <literal>European</> are synonyms - for <literal>DMY</>; the keywords <literal>US</>, <literal>NonEuro</>, - and <literal>NonEuropean</> are synonyms for <literal>MDY</>. - See <xref linkend="datatype-datetime"> for more information. The + <literal>Postgres</>, <literal>SQL</>, or <literal>German</>) + and the input/output specification for year/month/day ordering + (<literal>DMY</>, <literal>MDY</>, or <literal>YMD</>). These + can be set separately or together. The keywords <literal>Euro</> + and <literal>European</> are synonyms for <literal>DMY</>; the + keywords <literal>US</>, <literal>NonEuro</>, and + <literal>NonEuropean</> are synonyms for <literal>MDY</>. See + <xref linkend="datatype-datetime"> for more information. The default is <literal>ISO, MDY</>. </para> </listitem> |