Unable to convert date to tm - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Joerg Ludwig
Subject Unable to convert date to tm
Date
Msg-id 000001c25aae$70b22e50$0a00a8c0@thunder
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Responses Re: Unable to convert date to tm  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Hello,

I get an error if I try to convert a date before 1970 into a timestamp:

# SELECT (date '1970-01-01')::timestamp;
      timestamptz
------------------------
 1970-01-01 00:00:00+01
(1 row)

# SELECT (date '1969-12-31')::timestamp;
ERROR:  Unable to convert date to tm

I get this error using the RPM postgresql-7.2.1-5 (Red Hat) and
postgresql-7.2.2-1PGDG.
(Btw: What does "tm" stand for?)

On another Linux machine (which should be configured quite similar)
using RPM postgresql-7.2.1-2PGDG there is no error - both SELECT
statements work as expected.

Thx in advance,
Joerg Ludwig

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