Bug in to_timestamp() - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Gqms2 Galway
Subject Bug in to_timestamp()
Date
Msg-id D1D98F1AD709D311827F0000F805F05101ACF6DB@zgalda02.europe.nortel.com
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Responses Re: Bug in to_timestamp()  (Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz>)
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                        POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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Your name        :    Neil Bloomer
Your email address    :    neilbloomer@coneyislandsystems.com


System Configuration
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  Architecture (example: Intel Pentium)      : Pentium II 266

  Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF)     : Red Hat Linux 6.1

  PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-7.0):   PostgreSQL 7.0.2 on
i686-pc-linux-gnu, (Red Hat RPM)

  Compiler used (example:  gcc 2.8.0)        : compiled by gcc
egcs-2.91.66


Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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The to_timestamp function is not working as per the documentation. See the
examples below.




Please describe a way to repeat the problem.   Please try to provide a
concise reproducible example, if at all possible:
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The following results were returned when the queries were executed through
ipgsql, and similar results are returned through psql.

select to_timestamp('20000816000001', 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') returns
'30/12/1899' (wrong)
select to_timestamp('2000 0816000001', 'YYYY MMDDHH24MISS')  returns
'16/08/2000 00:00:01' (ok)
select to_timestamp('000816000001', 'YYMMDDHH24MISS')  returns '16/08/0001'
(wrong)


If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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