>> but again to_date doesn't:
>>
>> regression=# select to_date('4714-01-27 BC', 'YYYY-MM-DD BC');
>> to_date
>> ---------------
>> 4714-01-27 BC
>> (1 row)
>>
>
> I'm not concerned about to_date so much as I am that timestamp_in lets you
> store values you can't read with timestamp_out. Once the value is in there
> you can happily move it around with create table as and such...
Hmmm... if that is the case, I would also have a pretty significant
concern. We have basically created an environment that is unreliable
during a restore. Not to mention violating data type constraints.
postgres=# create table timetest (test date);
CREATE TABLE
postgres=# insert into timetest values (to_date('4714-01-27 BC', 'YYYY-MM-DD BC'));
INSERT 159911984 1
postgres=# select '4714-01-27 BC'::date;
ERROR: date out of range: "4714-01-27 BC"
postgres=# select cast(test as date) from timetest; test
---------------4714-01-27 BC
(1 row)
postgres=#
postgres=# select cast('4714-01-27 BC' as date);
ERROR: date out of range: "4714-01-27 BC"
postgres=#
This seems pretty broken.
Joshua D. Drake
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