Frank van Vugt <ftm(dot)van(dot)vugt(at)foxi(dot)nl> writes:
> Please allow input of the form
> "1997-12-17T07:37:16-08"
Seems to be there already since 7.2.
regression=# select '2003-01-09 09:23:51.308301-05'::timestamptz;
timestamptz
-------------------------------
2003-01-09 09:23:51.308301-05
(1 row)
regression=# select '2003-01-09T09:23:51.308301-05'::timestamptz;
timestamptz
-------------------------------
2003-01-09 09:23:51.308301-05
(1 row)
regression=# select version();
version
---------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 7.2.3 on hppa-hp-hpux10.20, compiled by GCC 2.95.3
(1 row)
regards, tom lane