Formatting TimeStamp

Alex wrote:

Hi,

I am using the timestamp various tables but dont like to see the
microseconds.
Is there way to format the output of timestamp fields globally (in the
postgres.conf)?
Preferably i only would like to see the YYYYMMDD HH:MM:SS.

Or can a formatting be passed to a SELECT * .... hmmm probably not.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/functions-datetime.html

And yes you can do it in a SELECT.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

Thanks for any advise

A

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Joshua,
I know that i can format it explicitly, but instead of using a SELECT *
FROM .. I have to name the columns which is not very convenient. Right
now I have created views for each table just to re-format the output of
the one timestamp field.

Mysql for example has a in addition to the TIMESTAMP also a DATETIME
type that returns |'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS'. So, I was wondering if there
is anything similar in postgres or can i set the precision or format of
the timestamp in the postgres.conf or can I define a new type.

Alex

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Joshua D. Drake wrote:

Joshua,
I know that i can format it explicitly, but instead of using a SELECT * FROM
.. I have to name the columns which is not very convenient. Right now I have
created views for each table just to re-format the output of the one
timestamp field.

Not sure it solves your problem, but you can do:

SELECT *, TO_CHAR(...yourdatecol...) AS yourdatecol_fmtFROM .....

you still have to specify the one column, but not the others...

just a thought.