Re: Re: Bug in date_part()

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
Cc: phil(at)Stimpy(dot)netroedge(dot)com, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: Bug in date_part()
Date: 2001-01-18 02:07:34
Message-ID: 22643.979783654@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> writes:
>> Query to reproduce the bug (7.0.3):
>> edge=# select date_part('dow','4/1/2001'::date)::int4;
>> ----------
>> 6

> I'm not seeing this on my 7.0.2 RPM installation, or on my from-cvs
> current sources (dow for April 1 comes up as zero, as you would expect).

I get the right answer from current sources, and the wrong one on 7.0.2.
It's ye olde date-to-timestamp-off-an-hour-at-DST-boundary problem.
Are you not running in a USA timezone?

regards, tom lane

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