Bug #607: to_date() function bug

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Subject: Bug #607: to_date() function bug
Date: 2002-03-04 19:21:10
Message-ID: 20020304192110.6E83F4764D9@postgresql.org
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Nurlan Mukhanov (nurlan(at)otdyh(dot)kz) reports a bug with a severity of 3
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Short Description
to_date() function bug

Long Description
otdyh=# select to_date(20020200,'YYYYMMDD');
to_date
------------
2002-02-01

must be 2002-01-31 !!
Why???

00 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds - next day or last day???
last day!!!

2000 year is 20 century or 21 century? - 20!!

same here!
00 day - is the last day of the previous month!

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