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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Cc: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: TimestampTz->Text->TimestampTz casting fails with DateStyle 'Postgres'
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:36:39 -0500
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Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> writes:
> I agree that something should be done, but I'd have no problem
> with deprecating the Postgres datestyle.  People who depend on
> it can switch to using to_date() and to_timestamp(), which
> shouldn't impose too much hardship if we give them enough time.

It's not like to_timestamp doesn't have the same problem...

Anyway, I've started a -hackers thread about this issue at [1].
Whatever we do probably deserves wider discussion than it will
get on pgsql-bugs.

			regards, tom lane

[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/957280.1734046384%40sss.pgh.pa.us





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