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From Thomas Lockhart
Subject Re: date_part bug
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Msg-id 3AC3DF6B.CAA98867@alumni.caltech.edu
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In response to date_part bug  (Salvador Mainé <salvamaine@yahoo.com>)
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> I'm using postgres 7.0.2. When I use date_part('day', date) sometimes I
> get wrong values. Ie:
> and date_part('day', '1999-3-28')=27
> and date_part('day', '2000-3-26')=25
> Is it a bug?

It is a problem evaluating day numbers around daylight savings time
transitions. Fixed (I believe) in the upcoming 7.1 release.

                      - Thomas

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