Hi,
I have text fields which contains dates in the format 'MM' (four
positions for the year, two for the month).
These fields are contained in text files which I load into the DB.
When I convert this field to a date using
to_date(PARTIAL_DATE_FIELD,'MM'); -- (a cast won't
On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:28 PM, r d rd0...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I have text fields which contains dates in the format 'MM' (four
positions for the year, two for the month).
These fields are contained in text files which I load into the DB.
When I convert this field to a date using
Daniele Varrazzo daniele.varra...@gmail.com writes:
Note: it exploits to_date() parsing '200013' as '2001-01', which is
reasonable but haven't found documented and don't know how much
reliable. Writing a safer one month later function is left as
exercise.
Consider adding '1 month'::interval
On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote:
Daniele Varrazzo daniele.varra...@gmail.com writes:
Note: it exploits to_date() parsing '200013' as '2001-01', which is
reasonable but haven't found documented and don't know how much
reliable. Writing a safer one month later
I suspected that this would be the answer.
Thank you lots for your kind help, Daniele Tom [?]
On 7 October 2012 16:46, Daniele Varrazzo daniele.varra...@gmail.comwrote:
On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote:
Daniele Varrazzo daniele.varra...@gmail.com writes:
