Re: is this my date problem

On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 10:04:39AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz> writes:
> >  The to_timestamp() do nothing with date/time and use internal
> >  tm2timestamp() routine only. I don't think that check all date/time
> >  ranges in to_timestamp() is good idea if it's already implemented at
> >  the another place in our code.
>
> But it evidently *isn't* checked.  As of CVS tip:
>
> regression=# select to_timestamp('44 October 2003', 'DD FMMonth YYYY');
>       to_timestamp
> ------------------------
>  2003-11-13 00:00:00-05
> (1 row)
>
> The regular timestamp input converter certainly has the checks:
>
> regression=# select '44 October 2003'::timestamp;
> ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type timestamp: "44 October 2003"

 Sure, because it check date/time parsers and there isn't common way
 how check it if you don't use there parses.

 OK, I will add 'tm' struct checker to my TODO for 7.5

    Karel

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