On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 05:14:02PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> jason.servetar@ccgenesis.com writes:
> > Can someone tell me if this is a bug with the date functions or am I using
> > them incorrectly?
>
> I get the right thing when I use the right format:
>
> regression=# select dt, to_timestamp(dt, 'FMMonth dd, yyyy') from test_date;
> dt | to_timestamp
> ----------------+------------------------
> March 11, 1997 | 1997-03-11 00:00:00-05
> (1 row)
>
> However, I'd agree that this shows a lack of robustness in to_timestamp;
> it's not objecting to data that doesn't match the format.
The manual is transparent about this. I can add feauture that will
check everythig, but users who knows read manual and use already
debugged queries will spend CPU on non-wanted code.
Hmm.. I look at Oracle, and it allows parse queries like:
SVRMGR> select to_date('March 11, 1997', 'Month dd, yyyy') from dual;
TO_DATE('
---------
11-MAR-97
1 row selected.
.. well, I add it to my TODO for 7.3 (I plan rewrite several things
in to_* functions).
Karel
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