Re: Date-Time dangling unit fix

Joseph Koshakow <koshy44@gmail.com>

From: Joseph Koshakow <koshy44@gmail.com>
To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-12-13T00:11:16Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 10:55 AM Joseph Koshakow <koshy44@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I just found another class of this bug that the submitted patch does
> not fix. If the units are at the beginning of the string, then they are
> also ignored. For example, `date 'm d y2020m11d3'` is also valid. I
> think the fix here is to check and make sure that ptype is 0 before
> reassigning the value to a non-zero number. I'll send an updated patch
> with this tonight.

Attached is the described patch.

- Joe Koshakow

Commits

  1. Tighten error checks in datetime input, and remove bogus "ISO" format.

  2. Measure the current transaction time to milliseconds.