Re: to_char() accepting invalid dates?

Thomas Kellerer wrote:
> Jasen Betts wrote on 18.07.2011 11:23:
> >> postgres=>  select to_date('20110231', 'yyyymmdd');
> >>
> >>     to_date
> >> ------------
> >>    2011-03-03
> >> (1 row)
> >>
> >> is there a way to have to_date() raise an exception in such a case?
> >
> > it's possible the odd behaviour you get is required by some standard.
> 
> That would be *very* odd indeed.
> 
> 
> >   jasen=# select '20110303'::date;
> Thanks for the tip, this was more a question regarding _why_ to_char() behaves this way.

Well, to_char() is based on Oracle's to_char().  How does Oracle handle
such a date?

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