Re: Time bug fixed?

Do Not Spam wrote:
> There has been quite a few mails on the misoperation in date values before the epoc on RH7.3 and pgsql7.2.1.
> Is this bug fixed? If yes: How can I achive this fix?
> If not: How can I make postgresql work on RH7.3?
>
> Shouldn't the FAQ mention the issue?
>
> If some should be a bit confused: The error appears when operating on dates before the epoc:
>
> rhklan=> create table test(day date);
> CREATE
> rhklan=> insert into test values('1969-2-2');
> INSERT 824159 1
> rhklan=> select age(now(),day) from test;
> ERROR: Unable to convert date to tm

We discussed this major issue at first a month ago. Seems glibc now
doesn't want us to access pre-1970 dates because of a ultra-strict
reading of the standards. We haven't come up with a solution yet, but
one idea is to mask over glibc on those platforms and allow such
pre-1970 access. Right now, the only thing I can think of is to
complain to the glibc folks because most/all of our developers think
glibc is now broken in this regard. There may be a workaround in 7.3.

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