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General Bug Report: Two digit years are inconsistant in psql

Unprivileged user <nobody> — 1999-05-21T21:37:12Z

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Your name               : Keith Paskett
Your email address      : keith.paskett@sdl.usu.edu

Category                : unknown
Severity                : non-critical

Summary: Two digit years are inconsistant in psql

System Configuration
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  Operating System   : sparc-sun-solaris2.7

  PostgreSQL version : 6.4.2

  Compiler used      : gcc 2.8

Hardware:
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Problem Description:
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In a date entered as '01-02-03' the last number is used for
the year but entering '33-04-05' the first number is used 
for the year. 

It turns out that if the first number is a valid day number
(1 to 31) it is used as the day. Otherwise it is used as a 
two digit year.

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Test Case:
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create table test (dt date);
insert into test values('01-02-03');
insert into test values('33-04-05');
insert into test values('28-06-07');
select * from test;
        dt
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01-02-2003
04-05-2033
06-28-2007


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Solution:
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