Re: is this my date problem

Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz> writes:
> The to_timestamp() do nothing with date/time and use internal
> tm2timestamp() routine only. I don't think that check all date/time
> ranges in to_timestamp() is good idea if it's already implemented at
> the another place in our code.

But it evidently *isn't* checked. As of CVS tip:

regression=# select to_timestamp('44 October 2003', 'DD FMMonth YYYY');
to_timestamp
------------------------
2003-11-13 00:00:00-05
(1 row)

The regular timestamp input converter certainly has the checks:

regression=# select '44 October 2003'::timestamp;
ERROR: invalid input syntax for type timestamp: "44 October 2003"

but evidently those checks are not in whatever code path to_timestamp
is calling.

regards, tom lane