Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rash...@gmail.com> writes:
> On 29 August 2011 15:40, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote:
>> Why do we parse this as a correct timestamptz literal:
>>    2011-08-29T09:11:14.123 CDT
>> but not this:
>>    2011-08-29T09:11:14.123 America/Chicago

> For this input string the "T" is recognised as the start of an ISO
> time, and the ptype variable is set to DTK_TIME. The next field is a
> DTK_TIME, however, when it is handled it doesn't reset the ptype
> variable.

> When it gets to the timezone "America/Chicago" at the end, this is
> handled in the DTK_DATE case, because of the "/". But because ptype is
> still set, it is expecting this to be an ISO time, so it errors out.

Do we actually *want* to support this?  The "T" is supposed to mean that
the string is strictly ISO-conformant, no?

                        regards, tom lane

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