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to_timestamp not stable if date string shorter than template


  • From: "Stacy White" <harsh(at)computer(dot)org>
  • To: <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
  • Cc: "Aaron Harsh" <ajh(at)rentrak(dot)com>
  • Subject: to_timestamp not stable if date string shorter than template
  • Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 13:34:11 -0700
  • Message-id: <000701c370c8$67738560$0200a8c0@grownups> <text/plain>

Architecture: Intel Pentium
Operating System: Redhat 7.2 (Linux 2.4.17)
PostgreSQL version: PostgreSQL-7.3.4
Compiler used: gcc 3.01

to_timestamp appears to pick up the time-of-day from the previous call's
return value if a date string has no time component.  For example:

# select to_timestamp('2003-06-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') ;
      to_timestamp
------------------------
 2003-06-01 00:00:00-07
(1 row)

# select to_timestamp('2003-06-02 12:13:14', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') ;
      to_timestamp
------------------------
 2003-06-02 12:13:14-07
(1 row)

# select to_timestamp('2003-06-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') ;
      to_timestamp
------------------------
 2003-06-01 12:13:14-07
(1 row)

I suppose the proper behavior in this situation is debatable, but it seems
that the function should be stable.

FWIW, Oracle's behavior in this case (with 'to_date') is to return
'2003-06-01 00:00:00'.




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