DBD::Pg problems

[Warren Volz]

I was wondering if anyone had suggestions about the following problem 
I am having with DBD::Pg. A script I have is trying to insert the 
following statement into a mail table (schema below):

INSERT INTO mail (server_message_num, instance, subject, on_disk, 
date, message_id, valid, size, owner, from_addr) VALUES (25, 1, 'RE:
  ~{'',''b''`''S''n~} ~{''Y''Q~} ~{''\\''b''`''S''n~}!', 'f', 'Mon Sep 
10 10:45:48 2001', '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', 't', 5314, 2667, 
'Yelena Dandurov
a')

The schema for the table looks like:

CREATE TABLE mail (
         message_id              CHAR(150) NOT NULL,
         server_message_num      INTEGER,
         instance                INTEGER,
         valid                   BOOL NOT NULL DEFAULT false,--info valid
         on_disk                 BOOL NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
         decoded_mime            BOOL NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
         owner                   INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES sis_user 
(sis_user_id),
         last_checked            TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT TEXT 'now',
         status                  SMALLINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,--read/unread etc
         size                    INTEGER,
         from_addr               VARCHAR(80),
         date                    TIMESTAMP,
         subject                 VARCHAR(100),
         PRIMARY KEY (message_id, owner, instance)
);

Notice the subject which is RE: and a bunch of characters. We use the 
quote function to escape the subject, and the insert statement works 
fine using the PostgreSQL monitor, but DBD::Pg can't insert it. The 
error in the postgres error log is:

Sep 26 16:52:33 xxxxx postgres[8884]: [3] ERROR:  Bad timestamp 
external representation 'Mon Sep 10 10NULLNULL 2001'

I can remove the subject and the insert goes fine... I have a feeling 
the driver is having trouble passing the quoted string to the 
backend. Any ideas/suggestions?

Thanks,
Warren