to_char(OF) is broken

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: PostgreSQL Bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: to_char(OF) is broken
Date: 2016-03-16 14:02:38
Message-ID: 20160316140238.GA9113@fetter.org
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Folks,

In to_char(), the new-in-9.4 'OF' feature is straight-up broken, to
wit:

set timezone to 'America/Caracas'; select to_char(now(), 'OF');
SET
to_char
─────────
-04:-30
^OK ^NOT OK

Interestingly, in git master as of yesterday, it's broken in an
entirely different way:

set timezone to 'America/Caracas'; select to_char(now(), 'OF');
SET
to_char
─────────
-004:30
^ What's this extra zero doing here?
(1 row)

Fractional offset time zones should probably be in our regression test
suite for this feature.

Cheers,
David.
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