Re: Wrong formated date on the first day of the Daylight Saving time.

On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 04:35:11AM -0500, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org wrote:

> Short Description
> Wrong formated date on the first day of the Daylight Saving time.

It's common problem with this time in 7.0.x - already fixed in 7.1.

> scheduling=# select to_char( jour, '<small>Day</small><br>DD Mon YYYY'), jour from backlog where jour>'2001-03-23';
> to_char | jour
> -----------------------------------------+------------
> <small>Saturday </small><br>24 Mar 2001 | 2001-03-24
> <small>Saturday </small><br>24 Mar 2001 | 2001-03-25
> <small>Monday </small><br>26 Mar 2001 | 2001-03-26
> <small>Tuesday </small><br>27 Mar 2001 | 2001-03-27
> (4 rows)

Note: use quotation marks for non-format masks, it is faster.
En example:

to_char( jour, '"<small>"Day"</small><br>"DD Mon YYYY')

Karel

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