Brendan Jurd <dire...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> I guess though your point is that this is part of the general tightening
>> of to_timestamp()'s error checking, and doesn't need a separate entry?

> You guess correctly =)

> There might be some value in changing the wording of that paragraph
> about the "general tightening" to emphasise that queries which
> previously succeeded (with some parts being misinterpreted or silently
> disregarded) will now throw an error.

OK, done.  I wrote

        Previous versions would often ignore or silently misread input
        that did not match the format string.  Such cases will now
        result in an error.

                        regards, tom lane

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