"Henk Enting" <h.d.enting@mgrid.net> writes:
> I would expect the to_timestamp function to return an error when I feed it
> out of range values, e.g. months > 13 and days > 31. Instead it seems to add
> the surplus to the timestamp and then return it.
What is your reason for using to_timestamp at all? The timestamp input
converter is perfectly capable of dealing with standard formats like
yyyy-mm-dd, and it does what most people expect in the way of data
validation checks.
regards, tom lane
