Re: [HACKERS] Error in from_char() for field 'D'?

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Error in from_char() for field 'D'?
Date: 2007-02-14 05:11:27
Message-ID: 200702140511.l1E5BR228980@momjian.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Brendan Jurd" <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > However, in from_char(), the reverse is not true. Looking at the code
> > snippet above, the digit is scanned straight into tmfc->d unaltered
> > (this value is later copied directly to tm->tm_wday circa line 3394).
> > Unless I'm missing something, when converting to text, 'D' yields 1-7,
> > but when converting back from text, 'D' expects 0-6.
>
> Although this does look like a bug, I'm not sure it matters, because
> AFAICS there is no code path that will look at the value of tm_wday
> while constructing a timestamp value from a struct tm. I'm inclined
> not to risk messing with it just before RC1 unless a visible fault
> can be demonstrated.

Fixed in 8.3, patch attached.

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