Re: Strange results from to_timestamp - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Mario Weilguni
Subject Re: Strange results from to_timestamp
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Msg-id 200604061501.13624.mweilguni@sime.com
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In response to Strange results from to_timestamp  (Mario Weilguni <mweilguni@sime.com>)
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Am Donnerstag, 6. April 2006 14:57 schrieb Mario Weilguni:
> mydb=# select to_timestamp('00000000 0300','yyyymmdd hh24mi');
>        to_timestamp
> ---------------------------
>  0001-01-01 03:00:00+01 BC
> (1 row)
>
> Questionable, but probably valid.
>
>
>
> mydb=# select to_timestamp('         0300','yyyymmdd hh24mi');
>       to_timestamp
> ------------------------
>  0300-12-25 03:00:00+01
> (1 row)
>
> This puzzles me. Where is the 25th of december coming from?

Sorry, forgot to mention, this is from PostgreSQL 8.1.3


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