Jord Tanner <jord@indygecko.com> writes:
> It looks like to_char is unable to convert dates that fall in the range
> of 01/01/1902 to 12/31/1969 (see below). I am running the Postgresql RPM
> that is distributed with RH 8.0 (7.2.2.1). PGDATESTYLE is set to "SQL".
You need PG 7.2.3; it works around the glibc boys' decision to
deliberately break mktime() for pre-1970 dates. If you're not happy
about that (and you shouldn't be), complain to them.
regards, tom lane
