On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > "Henk Enting" <h.d.ent...@mgrid.net> writes: >> I would expect the to_timestamp function to return an error when I feed it >> out of range values, e.g. months > 13 and days > 31. Instead it seems to add >> the surplus to the timestamp and then return it. > > What is your reason for using to_timestamp at all? The timestamp input > converter is perfectly capable of dealing with standard formats like > yyyy-mm-dd, and it does what most people expect in the way of data > validation checks.
Well, you might want to insist that the input is in some particular format, rather than just "whatever the input function will accept"... -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
