The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 4862 Logged by: Jeremy Ford Email address: jeremf...@gmail.com PostgreSQL version: 8.4 RC1 Operating system: Fedora 10 i386 Description: different results in to_date() between 8.3.7 & 8.4.RC1 Details:
Running the following query on PG 8.3.7 select to_char(2009,'9999') as year, to_char(3,'09') as month, to_date(to_char(2009,'9999')||to_char(3,'99') ,'YYYYMM') as method1, to_date(to_char(2009,'9999')||'-'||to_char(3,'09') || '-01','YYYY-MM-DD') as method2 results in: year, month, method1, method2 " 2009";" 03";"2009-03-01";"2009-03-01" Running exactly the same query on PG 8.4.RC1 gives: year, month, method1, method2 " 2009";" 03";"0200-09-01";"2009-03-01" PG 8.3.7 “method1” = "2009-03-01" PG 8.4.RC1 “method1” = "0200-09-01" Both databases were on the same machine – Fedora 10 – 32bit (GCC 4.3.2). Server configured for Australian timezone/usage. I realize I should have slapped a trim() around the to_char(), but thought it worth noting the difference anyway. Cheers, Jeremy. -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
