Re: [HACKERS] bug in timestamp and out of range values

>
> postgres=# select '4714-01-27 BC'::date;
> ERROR: date out of range: "4714-01-27 BC"
> postgres=# select cast(test as date) from timetest;
> test
> ---------------
> 4714-01-27 BC
> (1 row)
>
> postgres=#
> postgres=# select cast('4714-01-27 BC' as date);
> ERROR: date out of range: "4714-01-27 BC"
> postgres=#
>
> This seems pretty broken.
>
> Joshua D. Drake

And further this with timestamp instead of date:

postgres=# create table timestamptest(test timestamp);
CREATE TABLE
postgres=# insert into timestamptest
values (to_date('4714-01-27 BC', 'YYYY-MM-DD BC'));
INSERT 159911988 1
postgres=# select * from timestamptest;
ERROR: timestamp out of range

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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