Bad date representation

Is there a bug in the postmaster ?
with -e option the date must be in European format
but with no options the date may be in European or American format !

create table FOO (date date);

1.- postmaster -i -o -e

insert into FOO values('20-06-1999');
insert into FOO values('06-21-1999');
we have a "Bad date external representation" that is true.

2.-postmaster -i

insert into FOO values('06-22-1999');
insert into FOO values('06-07-1999');
insert into FOO values('23-06-1999'); <---- no ERROR
WE Have NO ERROR !!!!! why ???

and on select * from FOO the result is

date
----------
06-22-1999
06-07-1999
06-23-1999

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