Re: date comparisons

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Belinda M(dot) Giardine" <giardine(at)bio(dot)cse(dot)psu(dot)edu>, Erik Jones <erik(at)myemma(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: date comparisons
Date: 2006-12-12 17:58:17
Message-ID: 457EEDB9.8090903@archonet.com
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Belinda M. Giardine" <giardine(at)bio(dot)cse(dot)psu(dot)edu> writes:
>> Should it be this way?
>
> Well, to_timestamp() is apparently designed not to complain when the
> input doesn't match the format, which is not my idea of good behavior
> ... but your example is in fact wrong. 'Month' means a 9-character
> field, so you are short a couple of spaces.

The padding is on *input* too? Is this an Oracle compatibility "feature"?

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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