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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: TimestampTz->Text->TimestampTz casting fails with DateStyle 'Postgres'
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:57:16 -0500
Message-ID: <3416600.1730987836@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com> writes:
> =# set datestyle to 'Postgres';
> SET
> =# SELECT '1000-01-01'::timestamptz::text::timestamptz;
> ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type timestamp with time zone: "Wed
> Jan 01 00:00:00 1000 LMT"

> If I understand correctly, text->timestamptz doesn't understand the
> 'LMT' timezone.

So it seems.  In a quick experiment, it seemed like just treating LMT
as a noise word on input might be enough, but I don't have time today
to poke at it further.

			regards, tom lane





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