From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Luca Clementi <lclement(at)ucsd(dot)edu> |
Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Problem with the to_timestamp function |
Date: | 2008-01-31 06:04:01 |
Message-ID: | 751.1201759441@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Luca Clementi <lclement(at)ucsd(dot)edu> writes:
> I found the problem!!
> to_timestamp(start_time, 'M DD, YYYY HH12:MI:SS')
> in the formatting string I have two spaces, while in the original there
> is only one:
> 1 28, 2008 12:23:19
> So if I use: 'M DD, YYYY HH12:MI:SS' as a formatting string it works!
> I wander how come if the formatting string doesn't match properly you
> get such a bad behavior, would it better just a error?
Yeah, it should either do something reasonable or throw an error.
Improving to_timestamp's handling of such cases is on the TODO list.
In the meantime, though, the standard input converter is a whole lot
more flexible for slightly-out-of-spec input ... so I ask again,
do you really need to_timestamp at all?
regards, tom lane
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