Re: to_date/to timestamp going to BC

Thanks Tom that worked great.
I guess I should have not skipped the
FM prefix section of the date conversion doc.

drw_dev-> to_timestamp(dt, 'FMMonth dd, yyyy') from test_date;      dt       |  to_date   |      to_timestamp      
----------------+------------+------------------------March 11, 1997 | 1997-03-11 | 1997-03-11 00:00:00-07

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 3:14 PM
To: Servetar, Jason
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] to_date/to timestamp going to BC 


jason.servetar@ccgenesis.com writes:
> Can someone tell me if this is a bug with the date functions or am I using
> them incorrectly?

I get the right thing when I use the right format:

regression=# select dt, to_timestamp(dt, 'FMMonth dd, yyyy') from test_date;      dt       |      to_timestamp
----------------+------------------------March 11, 1997 | 1997-03-11 00:00:00-05
(1 row)

However, I'd agree that this shows a lack of robustness in to_timestamp;
it's not objecting to data that doesn't match the format.
        regards, tom lane