ISTM, and mismatch between the date/time string and the format string will lead to strange results. The source code of to_timestamp() is in src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c:
Datum to_timestamp(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) Regards, William ZHANG "Mario Weilguni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Am Donnerstag, 6. April 2006 14:57 schrieb Mario Weilguni: > > mydb=# select to_timestamp('00000000 0300','yyyymmdd hh24mi'); > > to_timestamp > > --------------------------- > > 0001-01-01 03:00:00+01 BC > > (1 row) > > > > Questionable, but probably valid. > > > > > > > > mydb=# select to_timestamp(' 0300','yyyymmdd hh24mi'); > > to_timestamp > > ------------------------ > > 0300-12-25 03:00:00+01 > > (1 row) > > > > This puzzles me. Where is the 25th of december coming from? > > Sorry, forgot to mention, this is from PostgreSQL 8.1.3 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings