Joe Brown wrote:
> joe=> select to_date('19450323','CCYYMMDD');
> to_date
> ------------
> 2045-03-23
> (1 row)
>
> joe=> select to_date('19450323','YYYYMMDD');
> to_date
> ------------
> 1945-03-23
> (1 row)
>
> I thought the former would be "more" correct. But it seems I am mistaken.

Uh, 1945 _is_ in the 20th century, but I can see how it is confusing.

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Joe Brown wrote:
>
>>joe=> select to_date('19450323','CCYYMMDD');
>> to_date
>>------------
>> 2045-03-23
>>(1 row)
>>
>>joe=> select to_date('19450323','YYYYMMDD');
>> to_date
>>------------
>> 1945-03-23
>>(1 row)
>>
>>I thought the former would be "more" correct. But it seems I am mistaken.
>
>
> Uh, 1945 _is_ in the 20th century, but I can see how it is confusing.
>
Yes, but the other way around: to_date('19450323','CCYYMMDD')
shoold be a year in the 19th century?

ps another db seems to disallow CC on input - maybe because one can
get into weird situations like to_date('2005 18','YYYY CC') or something
similar.

Andre


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