Brendan Jurd <direvus@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 8/6/05, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Brendan Jurd <direvus@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> timeofday() returns text, and moreover it returns in a bizarre format >>> which cannot be converted directly into any useful temporal types, at >>> least not in 8.0.2: >> >> Hm? Works fine for me. What datestyle setting do you have exactly? > => show datestyle; > DateStyle > ----------- > ISO, DMY Well, it works just fine here. regression=# set datestyle = iso,dmy; SET regression=# select timeofday(); timeofday ------------------------------------- Sat Aug 06 10:00:45.791921 2005 EDT (1 row) regression=# select timeofday()::timestamp; timeofday ---------------------------- 2005-08-06 10:00:47.920636 (1 row) I'm testing 8.0 branch tip (or nearly so), not 8.0.2, but I don't see any related bug fixes in the CVS logs. And this is something that's always worked in the past --- else we'd have been more motivated to change timeofday()'s behavior. Is it possible you have a broken build? Any nondefault configure options? Can anyone else duplicate the problem? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org