From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@...>
Date: 2005-04-14T20:27:06+09:00
Subject: Re: What determines the date/time format for SELECT statements in Rails?

> If I issue a select statement on a table containing
> date/time/datetime/timestamp columns (type depends on backend DB)can I
> guarantee that the returned formatted output from the corresponding
> ActiceRecord column will always be the same regardless of the backend
> DB.

Active Record doesn't support timestamp columns, but all the others are 
turned into Date or Time objects regardless of the database behind. 
That's part of the job of the adapters. Exposing a common front for 
Active Record to operate on the database.
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