Re: Weird PG 8.1.3 date error

Tony Caduto <tony_caduto(at)amsoftwaredesign(dot)com> writes:
> I have a user who is getting this error on a 8.1.3 server when importing
> some data from a dbf file:
> ERROR: date/time field value out of range: "08-01-2006"

He needs to set DateStyle to match the expected field order.

regression=# show datestyle;
DateStyle
-----------
ISO, MDY
(1 row)

regression=# select '08-01-2006'::date;
date
------------
2006-08-01
(1 row)

regression=# set datestyle TO ymd;
SET
regression=# select '08-01-2006'::date;
ERROR: date/time field value out of range: "08-01-2006"
HINT: Perhaps you need a different "datestyle" setting.
regression=#

He might also want to use tools that don't suppress the HINT part of an
error message ...

regards, tom lane