Bug in to_timestamp()

Gqms2 Galway <gqms2@nortelnetworks.com>

From: "Gqms2 Galway" <gqms2@nortelnetworks.com>
To: "'pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org'" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>
Date: 2000-08-16T21:41:18Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs, pgsql-hackers
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Your name		:	Neil Bloomer
Your email address	:	neilbloomer@coneyislandsystems.com


System Configuration
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  Architecture (example: Intel Pentium)  	: Pentium II 266

  Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) 	: Red Hat Linux 6.1

  PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-7.0):   PostgreSQL 7.0.2 on
i686-pc-linux-gnu, (Red Hat RPM)

  Compiler used (example:  gcc 2.8.0)		: compiled by gcc
egcs-2.91.66


Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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The to_timestamp function is not working as per the documentation. See the
examples below.




Please describe a way to repeat the problem.   Please try to provide a
concise reproducible example, if at all possible: 
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The following results were returned when the queries were executed through
ipgsql, and similar results are returned through psql.

select to_timestamp('20000816000001', 'YYYYMMDDHH24MISS') returns
'30/12/1899' (wrong)
select to_timestamp('2000 0816000001', 'YYYY MMDDHH24MISS')  returns
'16/08/2000 00:00:01' (ok)
select to_timestamp('000816000001', 'YYMMDDHH24MISS')  returns '16/08/0001'
(wrong)


If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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