From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: A. Kretschmer <andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org, "anru chen" <ctx2002@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: to_date function
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:25:57 -0400
Message-ID: <20904.1189175157@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070907063519.GC10560@a-kretschmer.de>
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<20070907063519.GC10560@a-kretschmer.de>
"A. Kretschmer" <andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.com> writes:
> am Fri, dem 07.09.2007, um 17:22:30 +1200 mailte anru chen folgendes:
>> seems like "to_date" function only work correctly for current month.
> No, seems like to_char only work corrently if the length of the month
> correctly...
You need to use FMMonth not Month if you want it to be lax about the
width of the month field. (I think we decided that's a bug and 8.3
will take it either way, but existing releases want the FM.)
regards, tom lane
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