Hi,

The attached patch proposes to use soft error reporting infrastructure
for the date/timestamp conversion function, which currently depends on
integer variables to control error throwing.

This continues the previous refactoring commit [1] where we adopted
soft error reporting for some numeric functions. This patch applies
the same pattern to the date/timestamp function. The change ensures
consistency by utilizing the existing soft error reporting
infrastructure.

Note that in the patch, I renamed the function by replacing the
"no_overflow" extension in the function name with "overflow_safe".
Alternatively, we could just use "safe" alone. Suggestions are
welcome.

1] 
https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=4246a977bad6e76c4276a0d52def8a3dced154bb

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Regards,
Amul Sul
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From 9d55abe251fe3085069c539a9888643b38ac6b86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amul Sul <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:54:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Switch some date-related functions to use soft error
 reporting.

Like 4246a977bad6e76, changing some functions related to the data type
date/timestamp to use the soft error reporting rather than a custom
boolean flag (called "overflow") that callers of these functions could
rely on to bypass the generation of ERROR reports, letting the callers
do their own error handling

XXX: Replacing the "no_overflow" extension in the function name with
"overflow_safe". We could, alternatively, just use "safe" alone.
---
 contrib/btree_gin/btree_gin.c |  17 +--
 src/backend/utils/adt/date.c  | 200 +++++++++++-----------------------
 src/include/utils/date.h      |  12 +-
 3 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 151 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/btree_gin/btree_gin.c b/contrib/btree_gin/btree_gin.c
index 8c477d17e22..c07586bf213 100644
--- a/contrib/btree_gin/btree_gin.c
+++ b/contrib/btree_gin/btree_gin.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "access/stratnum.h"
 #include "mb/pg_wchar.h"
+#include "nodes/miscnodes.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/date.h"
 #include "utils/float.h"
@@ -496,9 +497,9 @@ cvt_date_timestamp(Datum input)
 {
 	DateADT		val = DatumGetDateADT(input);
 	Timestamp	result;
-	int			overflow;
+	ErrorSaveContext escontext = {T_ErrorSaveContext};
 
-	result = date2timestamp_opt_overflow(val, &overflow);
+	result = date2timestamp_overflow_safe(val, (Node *) &escontext);
 	/* We can ignore the overflow result, since result is useful as-is */
 	return TimestampGetDatum(result);
 }
@@ -530,10 +531,10 @@ static Datum
 cvt_date_timestamptz(Datum input)
 {
 	DateADT		val = DatumGetDateADT(input);
+	ErrorSaveContext escontext = {T_ErrorSaveContext};
 	TimestampTz result;
-	int			overflow;
 
-	result = date2timestamptz_opt_overflow(val, &overflow);
+	result = date2timestamptz_overflow_safe(val, (Node *) &escontext);
 	/* We can ignore the overflow result, since result is useful as-is */
 	return TimestampTzGetDatum(result);
 }
@@ -604,10 +605,10 @@ static Datum
 cvt_timestamp_date(Datum input)
 {
 	Timestamp	val = DatumGetTimestamp(input);
+	ErrorSaveContext escontext = {T_ErrorSaveContext};
 	DateADT		result;
-	int			overflow;
 
-	result = timestamp2date_opt_overflow(val, &overflow);
+	result = timestamp2date_overflow_safe(val, (Node *) &escontext);
 	/* We can ignore the overflow result, since result is useful as-is */
 	return DateADTGetDatum(result);
 }
@@ -616,10 +617,10 @@ static Datum
 cvt_timestamptz_date(Datum input)
 {
 	TimestampTz val = DatumGetTimestampTz(input);
+	ErrorSaveContext escontext = {T_ErrorSaveContext};
 	DateADT		result;
-	int			overflow;
 
-	result = timestamptz2date_opt_overflow(val, &overflow);
+	result = timestamptz2date_overflow_safe(val, (Node *) &escontext);
 	/* We can ignore the overflow result, since result is useful as-is */
 	return DateADTGetDatum(result);
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/date.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/date.c
index 344f58b92f7..d7477a1fead 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/date.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/date.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "common/int.h"
 #include "libpq/pqformat.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
+#include "nodes/miscnodes.h"
 #include "nodes/supportnodes.h"
 #include "parser/scansup.h"
 #include "utils/array.h"
@@ -613,26 +614,16 @@ date_mii(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 
 /*
- * Promote date to timestamp.
+ * Promotes date to timestamp, including soft error reporting capabilities.
  *
- * On successful conversion, *overflow is set to zero if it's not NULL.
- *
- * If the date is finite but out of the valid range for timestamp, then:
- * if overflow is NULL, we throw an out-of-range error.
- * if overflow is not NULL, we store +1 or -1 there to indicate the sign
- * of the overflow, and return the appropriate timestamp infinity.
- *
- * Note: *overflow = -1 is actually not possible currently, since both
+ * Note: Lower bound overflow is actually not possible currently, since both
  * datatypes have the same lower bound, Julian day zero.
  */
 Timestamp
-date2timestamp_opt_overflow(DateADT dateVal, int *overflow)
+date2timestamp_overflow_safe(DateADT dateVal, Node *escontext)
 {
 	Timestamp	result;
 
-	if (overflow)
-		*overflow = 0;
-
 	if (DATE_IS_NOBEGIN(dateVal))
 		TIMESTAMP_NOBEGIN(result);
 	else if (DATE_IS_NOEND(dateVal))
@@ -645,18 +636,10 @@ date2timestamp_opt_overflow(DateADT dateVal, int *overflow)
 		 */
 		if (dateVal >= (TIMESTAMP_END_JULIAN - POSTGRES_EPOCH_JDATE))
 		{
-			if (overflow)
-			{
-				*overflow = 1;
-				TIMESTAMP_NOEND(result);
-				return result;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				ereport(ERROR,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
-						 errmsg("date out of range for timestamp")));
-			}
+			TIMESTAMP_NOEND(result);
+			ereturn(escontext, result,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+					 errmsg("date out of range for timestamp")));
 		}
 
 		/* date is days since 2000, timestamp is microseconds since same... */
@@ -672,30 +655,21 @@ date2timestamp_opt_overflow(DateADT dateVal, int *overflow)
 static TimestampTz
 date2timestamp(DateADT dateVal)
 {
-	return date2timestamp_opt_overflow(dateVal, NULL);
+	return date2timestamp_overflow_safe(dateVal, NULL);
 }
 
 /*
- * Promote date to timestamp with time zone.
- *
- * On successful conversion, *overflow is set to zero if it's not NULL.
- *
- * If the date is finite but out of the valid range for timestamptz, then:
- * if overflow is NULL, we throw an out-of-range error.
- * if overflow is not NULL, we store +1 or -1 there to indicate the sign
- * of the overflow, and return the appropriate timestamptz infinity.
+ * Promotes date to timestamp with time zone, including soft error reporting
+ * capabilities.
  */
 TimestampTz
-date2timestamptz_opt_overflow(DateADT dateVal, int *overflow)
+date2timestamptz_overflow_safe(DateADT dateVal, Node *escontext)
 {
 	TimestampTz result;
 	struct pg_tm tt,
 			   *tm = &tt;
 	int			tz;
 
-	if (overflow)
-		*overflow = 0;
-
 	if (DATE_IS_NOBEGIN(dateVal))
 		TIMESTAMP_NOBEGIN(result);
 	else if (DATE_IS_NOEND(dateVal))
@@ -708,18 +682,10 @@ date2timestamptz_opt_overflow(DateADT dateVal, int *overflow)
 		 */
 		if (dateVal >= (TIMESTAMP_END_JULIAN - POSTGRES_EPOCH_JDATE))
 		{
-			if (overflow)
-			{
-				*overflow = 1;
-				TIMESTAMP_NOEND(result);
-				return result;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				ereport(ERROR,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
-						 errmsg("date out of range for timestamp")));
-			}
+			TIMESTAMP_NOEND(result);
+			ereturn(escontext, result,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+					 errmsg("date out of range for timestamp")));
 		}
 
 		j2date(dateVal + POSTGRES_EPOCH_JDATE,
@@ -737,25 +703,14 @@ date2timestamptz_opt_overflow(DateADT dateVal, int *overflow)
 		 */
 		if (!IS_VALID_TIMESTAMP(result))
 		{
-			if (overflow)
-			{
-				if (result < MIN_TIMESTAMP)
-				{
-					*overflow = -1;
-					TIMESTAMP_NOBEGIN(result);
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					*overflow = 1;
-					TIMESTAMP_NOEND(result);
-				}
-			}
+			if (result < MIN_TIMESTAMP)
+				TIMESTAMP_NOBEGIN(result);
 			else
-			{
-				ereport(ERROR,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
-						 errmsg("date out of range for timestamp")));
-			}
+				TIMESTAMP_NOEND(result);
+
+			ereturn(escontext, result,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
+					 errmsg("date out of range for timestamp")));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -768,7 +723,7 @@ date2timestamptz_opt_overflow(DateADT dateVal, int *overflow)
 static TimestampTz
 date2timestamptz(DateADT dateVal)
 {
-	return date2timestamptz_opt_overflow(dateVal, NULL);
+	return date2timestamptz_overflow_safe(dateVal, NULL);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -808,15 +763,16 @@ int32
 date_cmp_timestamp_internal(DateADT dateVal, Timestamp dt2)
 {
 	Timestamp	dt1;
-	int			overflow;
+	ErrorSaveContext escontext = {T_ErrorSaveContext};
 
-	dt1 = date2timestamp_opt_overflow(dateVal, &overflow);
-	if (overflow > 0)
+	dt1 = date2timestamp_overflow_safe(dateVal, (Node *) &escontext);
+	if (escontext.error_occurred)
 	{
+		Assert(TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(dt1));	/* NOBEGIN case cannot occur */
+
 		/* dt1 is larger than any finite timestamp, but less than infinity */
 		return TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(dt2) ? -1 : +1;
 	}
-	Assert(overflow == 0);		/* -1 case cannot occur */
 
 	return timestamp_cmp_internal(dt1, dt2);
 }
@@ -888,18 +844,22 @@ int32
 date_cmp_timestamptz_internal(DateADT dateVal, TimestampTz dt2)
 {
 	TimestampTz dt1;
-	int			overflow;
+	ErrorSaveContext escontext = {T_ErrorSaveContext};
 
-	dt1 = date2timestamptz_opt_overflow(dateVal, &overflow);
-	if (overflow > 0)
-	{
-		/* dt1 is larger than any finite timestamp, but less than infinity */
-		return TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(dt2) ? -1 : +1;
-	}
-	if (overflow < 0)
+	dt1 = date2timestamptz_overflow_safe(dateVal, (Node *) &escontext);
+
+	if (escontext.error_occurred)
 	{
-		/* dt1 is less than any finite timestamp, but more than -infinity */
-		return TIMESTAMP_IS_NOBEGIN(dt2) ? +1 : -1;
+		if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(dt1))
+		{
+			/* dt1 is larger than any finite timestamp, but less than infinity */
+			return TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(dt2) ? -1 : +1;
+		}
+		if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOBEGIN(dt1))
+		{
+			/* dt1 is less than any finite timestamp, but more than -infinity */
+			return TIMESTAMP_IS_NOBEGIN(dt2) ? +1 : -1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return timestamptz_cmp_internal(dt1, dt2);
@@ -1364,34 +1324,24 @@ timestamp_date(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	Timestamp	timestamp = PG_GETARG_TIMESTAMP(0);
 	DateADT		result;
 
-	result = timestamp2date_opt_overflow(timestamp, NULL);
+	result = timestamp2date_overflow_safe(timestamp, NULL);
 	PG_RETURN_DATEADT(result);
 }
 
 /*
- * Convert timestamp to date.
- *
- * On successful conversion, *overflow is set to zero if it's not NULL.
- *
- * If the timestamp is finite but out of the valid range for date, then:
- * if overflow is NULL, we throw an out-of-range error.
- * if overflow is not NULL, we store +1 or -1 there to indicate the sign
- * of the overflow, and return the appropriate date infinity.
+ * Convert timestamp to date, including soft error reporting capabilities.
  *
  * Note: given the ranges of the types, overflow is only possible at
  * the minimum end of the range, but we don't assume that in this code.
  */
 DateADT
-timestamp2date_opt_overflow(Timestamp timestamp, int *overflow)
+timestamp2date_overflow_safe(Timestamp timestamp, Node *escontext)
 {
 	DateADT		result;
 	struct pg_tm tt,
 			   *tm = &tt;
 	fsec_t		fsec;
 
-	if (overflow)
-		*overflow = 0;
-
 	if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOBEGIN(timestamp))
 		DATE_NOBEGIN(result);
 	else if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(timestamp))
@@ -1400,21 +1350,12 @@ timestamp2date_opt_overflow(Timestamp timestamp, int *overflow)
 	{
 		if (timestamp2tm(timestamp, NULL, tm, &fsec, NULL, NULL) != 0)
 		{
-			if (overflow)
-			{
-				if (timestamp < 0)
-				{
-					*overflow = -1;
-					DATE_NOBEGIN(result);
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					*overflow = 1;	/* not actually reachable */
-					DATE_NOEND(result);
-				}
-				return result;
-			}
-			ereport(ERROR,
+			if (timestamp < 0)
+				DATE_NOBEGIN(result);
+			else
+				DATE_NOEND(result); /* not actually reachable */
+
+			ereturn(escontext, result,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
 					 errmsg("timestamp out of range")));
 		}
@@ -1450,25 +1391,18 @@ timestamptz_date(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	TimestampTz timestamp = PG_GETARG_TIMESTAMP(0);
 	DateADT		result;
 
-	result = timestamptz2date_opt_overflow(timestamp, NULL);
+	result = timestamptz2date_overflow_safe(timestamp, NULL);
 	PG_RETURN_DATEADT(result);
 }
 
 /*
- * Convert timestamptz to date.
- *
- * On successful conversion, *overflow is set to zero if it's not NULL.
- *
- * If the timestamptz is finite but out of the valid range for date, then:
- * if overflow is NULL, we throw an out-of-range error.
- * if overflow is not NULL, we store +1 or -1 there to indicate the sign
- * of the overflow, and return the appropriate date infinity.
+ * Convert timestamptz to date, including soft error reporting capabilities.
  *
  * Note: given the ranges of the types, overflow is only possible at
  * the minimum end of the range, but we don't assume that in this code.
  */
 DateADT
-timestamptz2date_opt_overflow(TimestampTz timestamp, int *overflow)
+timestamptz2date_overflow_safe(TimestampTz timestamp, Node *escontext)
 {
 	DateADT		result;
 	struct pg_tm tt,
@@ -1476,9 +1410,6 @@ timestamptz2date_opt_overflow(TimestampTz timestamp, int *overflow)
 	fsec_t		fsec;
 	int			tz;
 
-	if (overflow)
-		*overflow = 0;
-
 	if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOBEGIN(timestamp))
 		DATE_NOBEGIN(result);
 	else if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(timestamp))
@@ -1487,21 +1418,12 @@ timestamptz2date_opt_overflow(TimestampTz timestamp, int *overflow)
 	{
 		if (timestamp2tm(timestamp, &tz, tm, &fsec, NULL, NULL) != 0)
 		{
-			if (overflow)
-			{
-				if (timestamp < 0)
-				{
-					*overflow = -1;
-					DATE_NOBEGIN(result);
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					*overflow = 1;	/* not actually reachable */
-					DATE_NOEND(result);
-				}
-				return result;
-			}
-			ereport(ERROR,
+			if (timestamp < 0)
+				DATE_NOBEGIN(result);
+			else
+				DATE_NOEND(result); /* not actually reachable */
+
+			ereturn(escontext, result,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_DATETIME_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE),
 					 errmsg("timestamp out of range")));
 		}
diff --git a/src/include/utils/date.h b/src/include/utils/date.h
index abfda0b1ae9..a4064c3a551 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/date.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/date.h
@@ -98,10 +98,14 @@ TimeTzADTPGetDatum(const TimeTzADT *X)
 /* date.c */
 extern int32 anytime_typmod_check(bool istz, int32 typmod);
 extern double date2timestamp_no_overflow(DateADT dateVal);
-extern Timestamp date2timestamp_opt_overflow(DateADT dateVal, int *overflow);
-extern TimestampTz date2timestamptz_opt_overflow(DateADT dateVal, int *overflow);
-extern DateADT timestamp2date_opt_overflow(Timestamp timestamp, int *overflow);
-extern DateADT timestamptz2date_opt_overflow(TimestampTz timestamp, int *overflow);
+extern Timestamp date2timestamp_overflow_safe(DateADT dateVal,
+											  Node *escontext);
+extern TimestampTz date2timestamptz_overflow_safe(DateADT dateVal,
+												  Node *escontext);
+extern DateADT timestamp2date_overflow_safe(Timestamp timestamp,
+											Node *escontext);
+extern DateADT timestamptz2date_overflow_safe(TimestampTz timestamp,
+											  Node *escontext);
 extern int32 date_cmp_timestamp_internal(DateADT dateVal, Timestamp dt2);
 extern int32 date_cmp_timestamptz_internal(DateADT dateVal, TimestampTz dt2);
 
-- 
2.47.1

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