How do I alter the date format in Postgres?

Question

I\'m getting the following error message

ERROR: date/time field value out of range: \"13/01/2010\" HINT: Perhaps you need a different \"datestyle\" setting.

<

Answer 1

You could set the date style to Europian (dd/mm/yyyy):

SET DateStyle TO European;

I'd advise against this though. I generally try to convert between formats, and keep ISO formatted dates in the data source. After all, it's only a matter of representation, not a matter of different data.