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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml index 7ae67e0cec2..5330c425d3d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ <listitem> <para> - When converting values of type <type>timestamp</> + When converting values of type <type>date</>, <type>timestamp</> or <type>timestamptz</> to <link linkend="datatype-json"><type>JSON</type></link>, render the values in a format compliant with ISO 8601 (Andrew Dunstan) @@ -129,7 +129,10 @@ <para> Previously such values were rendered according to the current <xref linkend="guc-datestyle"> setting; but many JSON processors - require timestamps to be in ISO 8601 format. + require timestamps to be in ISO 8601 format. If necessary, the + previous behavior can be obtained by explicitly casting the datetime + value to <type>text</> before passing it to the JSON conversion + function. </para> </listitem> |