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| From: | Christopher Swan <chris(at)exile(dot)co(dot)nz> |
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| Subject: | Bug in date/time input format |
| Date: | 2002-10-07 22:58:16 |
| Message-ID: | B9C878D8.7B77%chris@exile.co.nz |
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Hi, I have detected a bug in the date / time input format used in an insert
statement in Postgres 7.2.1-5 (Redhat 7.3).
If I use the following format:
'Tue, 08 Oct 2002 10:01:02 +1300'
then I get the following error:
ERROR: Bad timestamp external representation 'Tue, 08 Oct 2002 10:01:02
+1300'
However if I use this format:
'Tue, 08 Oct 2002 10:01:02 NZDT'
it inserts ok.
'+1300' is valid for New Zealand during the daylight saving period.
Regards, Christopher Swan
| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Christopher Swan <chris(at)exile(dot)co(dot)nz> |
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| Subject: | Re: Bug in date/time input format |
| Date: | 2002-10-08 21:42:04 |
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Christopher Swan writes:
> Hi, I have detected a bug in the date / time input format used in an insert
> statement in Postgres 7.2.1-5 (Redhat 7.3).
>
> If I use the following format:
>
> 'Tue, 08 Oct 2002 10:01:02 +1300'
>
> then I get the following error:
Is there a spot in the documentation that leads you to believe that this
format is supported? If not, then it's not a bug.
--
Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net
| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Christopher Swan <chris(at)exile(dot)co(dot)nz>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Bug in date/time input format |
| Date: | 2002-10-09 05:06:37 |
| Message-ID: | 17458.1034139997@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Christopher Swan writes:
>> If I use the following format:
>> 'Tue, 08 Oct 2002 10:01:02 +1300'
>> then I get the following error:
> Is there a spot in the documentation that leads you to believe that this
> format is supported? If not, then it's not a bug.
It is a bug, because +1300 *should* be accepted. The fact that you
can't get more than 180 degrees of longitude away from Greenwich has
not deterred the politicians who set timezone rules :-(. I don't know
of any -1300 time zone, but +1300 is used in the real world.
regards, tom lane