Re: Using make_timestamp() to create a BC value

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bryn Llewellyn <bryn(at)yugabyte(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general list <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Using make_timestamp() to create a BC value
Date: 2021-10-06 22:28:50
Message-ID: 5704.1633559330@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bryn Llewellyn <bryn(at)yugabyte(dot)com> writes:
> But this invocation makes the assertion fail:
> call assert_make_ts_from_extracted_fields_from_ts_ok('0001-01-01 00:00:00 BC');
> The 22008 error is reported thus:
> date field value out of range: -1-01-01

As of v14, make_timestamp[tz] will accept negative year values as
meaning BC. Before that, they threw errors.

regards, tom lane

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