no its not a bug.
following HISTORY file:
"The timestamp() function is no longer available. Use timestamp 'string'
instead, or CAST"
for exapmle
select timestamp '2002-02-14'
timestamptz
--------------------
2002-02-14 00:00:00+01
marek
Uzytkownik "Bart Teeuwisse" <bart-postgres@7-sisters.com> napisal w
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> The following examples from 4.8. Date/Time Functions and Operators fail
> with parse errors in PG 7.2:
>
> select timestamp(date '2000-12-25');
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "date"
>
> select timestamp(date '1998-02-24',time '23:07');
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "date"
>
> The same examples do work in PG 7.1.3.
>
> Is this a bug?
>