Re: time conversion fuinctions

On Sat, 2006-10-07 at 11:57 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Rafal Pietrak <rafal(at)zorro(dot)isa-geek(dot)com> writes:
> > Is this the expected result?
>
> timestamp_date() currently returns NULL if the timestamp is infinity.
> Since we don't have any representation for infinity in the date type,

I understand, you mean 'internal representation'. Since it's quite
obvious, that 'external representation' can be '+/-infinity', just like
it's the case with the timestamp.

> this is pretty much its only alternative other than throwing an error
> (which might indeed be a saner behavior). There is a TODO item to
> support +/-infinity in dates, which would be the correct long-term
> solution.

I see. Provided the internal representation must change to get there,
some immediate measure (like faulting the statement) might be a good
idea ideed.
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-R