Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: Error with date_part when checking month

From: "Thomas G(dot) Lockhart" <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
To: Monica Kroger <krogerm(at)rocky(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-ports(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: Error with date_part when checking month
Date: 1999-03-03 03:26:38
Message-ID: 36DCABEE.9A753061@alumni.caltech.edu
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> PostgreSQL version : 6.3
> Problem Description:
> --------------------
> When using the date_part function it seems to be off by a day.
> It excludes the first of this month and includes the first of next
> month in the query.

postgres=> select date_part('month', '6-1-1999'::datetime);
date_part
---------
6
(1 row)

It appears to be fixed in more recent versions (though I haven't
confirmed that I can reproduce your symptom on v6.3).

v6.4.2 is the current version, and has significant improvements in all
areas.

- Tom

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