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Re: CC Date format code defaults to current centry

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Joe Brown <joebrown@rclooke.com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-03-14T02:24:33Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs 
Joe Brown wrote:
> joe=> select to_date('19450323','CCYYMMDD');
>   to_date  
> ------------
>  2045-03-23
> (1 row)
> 
> joe=> select to_date('19450323','YYYYMMDD');
>   to_date  
> ------------
>  1945-03-23
> (1 row)
> 
> I thought the former would be "more" correct.  But it seems I am mistaken.

Uh, 1945 _is_ in the 20th century, but I can see how it is confusing.

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