PostgreSQL setup is as easy as yum install postgresql. You may have to tweak pg_hba.conf to get password authentication in some distros, but this is it setup-wise.
As for the parser being finnicky, that is a feature. Hint: an empty string in a timestamp does not mean midnight 1/1/1970. This is one area where mysql did more harm than good: getting developers hooked in sloppy SQL.
As for the parser being finnicky, that is a feature. Hint: an empty string in a timestamp does not mean midnight 1/1/1970. This is one area where mysql did more harm than good: getting developers hooked in sloppy SQL.