Date validation?

From: "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Date validation?
Date: 2001-06-30 21:08:45
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Folks,

Is there any PgSQL or PL/pgSQL function which validates dates? I've
tried ISFINITE and CAST ... AS DATE but these suffer fatal errors if the
date isn't valid (e.g. '2001-06-31'). I need a test I can trap inside a
PL/pgSQL function.

-Josh Berkus

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