Re: BUG #16419: wrong parsing BC year in to_date() function

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #16419: wrong parsing BC year in to_date() function
Date: 2020-09-30 19:11:06
Message-ID: 893081.1601493066@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 02:50:31PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Actually, I was just finishing up back-patching the patch I posted
>> yesterday. I think we should just fix it, not document that it's
>> broken.

> Agreed, that's what I wanted. You stated in a later email you couldn't
> convince yourself of the backpatch, which is why I asked.

Oh, I see where our wires are crossed. I meant that I couldn't
convince myself to back-patch the make_timestamp() change.
(I'm still willing to listen to an argument to do so, if anyone
wants to make one --- but that part feels more like a feature
addition than a bug fix.)

regards, tom lane

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