My problem is related to the insert a date in a database having a date as text. With your suggestion I use the database to convert a string to another string.
I make another test using the function to_timestamp with this result: gturn2=> select to_timestamp('1973/06/03','yyyy/mm/dd'); to_timestamp ------------------------ 1973-06-02 23:00:00+01 (1 row) gturn2=> select to_timestamp('1973/06/02','yyyy/mm/dd'); to_timestamp ------------------------ 1973-06-02 00:00:00+01 (1 row) gturn2=> select to_timestamp('1973/06/04','yyyy/mm/dd'); to_timestamp ------------------------ 1973-06-04 00:00:00+02 (1 row) I suppose that the problem is related to how the daylight (??) is managed. Using this function is possible to use this workaround: gturn2=> select (to_timestamp('1973/06/03','yyyy/mm/dd')+'6 hours'::interval)::date; date ------------ 1973-06-03 (1 row) but is only a workaround. Il mer, 2003-09-10 alle 17:34, Theodore Petrosky ha scritto: > I think this is what you wanted. > > select to_char('03/06/1973'::date,'dd/mm/yyyy'); > > you were casting the string to a date and returning a > date. so it would return it in a format that your > system is set to return. > > agencysacks=# select > to_char('03/06/1973'::date,'dd/mm/yyyy'); > to_char > ------------ > 06/03/1973 > (1 row) > > > > Ted > > --- Karel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:52:22PM +0200, Torello > > Querci wrote: > > > Hi to all, > > > > > > I have a problem storing 1973/06/03 date. > > > > > > If I send this statement > > > > > > select to_date('03/06/1973','dd/mm/yyyy'); > > > > > > in the psql interface I obtain > > > > > > to_date > > > ------------ > > > 1973-06-02 > > > > > > I test this statement with Postgres 7.3.2 and > > 7.3.4 packaged withMandrake 9.1 > > > and Mandrake 9.2RC1 and obtain the same result. > > > > > > Can anyone help me? > > > > What's happen if you try: > > > > test=# select '03/06/1973'::date; > > date > > ------------ > > 1973-06-03 > > > > > > -- > > Karel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://home.zf.jcu.cz/~zakkr/ > > > > ---------------------------(end of > > broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- Ing. Torello Querci Responsabile Architetture Software Negens S.r.l. Tel. +39-055-5352846/7 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]