Re: Date 1973/06/03 Conversion Problem in 7.3.4 and 7.3.2.

This is not a bug, but simply due to postgres date formatting. Observe
thus:

gbi=# set datestyle to 'iso';
SET
gbi=# select to_date('03/06/1973','dd/mm/yyyy');
to_date
------------
1973-06-03
(1 row)

gbi=# set datestyle to 'us';
SET
gbi=# select to_date('03/06/1973','dd/mm/yyyy');
to_date
------------
1973-06-03
(1 row)

gbi=# set datestyle to 'sql';
SET
gbi=# select to_date('03/06/1973','dd/mm/yyyy');
to_date
------------
06/03/1973
(1 row)

datestyle can be permanently set in postgresql.conf, or by the
environment variable 'PG_DATESTYLE';

On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 03:52, 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?
>
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