PostgreSQL Bugs - BUG #2046: defective date

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BUG #2046: defective date_trunc

Chris

2005-11-15, 11:24 am

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 2046
Logged by: Chris
Email address: termi@wp.pl
PostgreSQL version: 8.0
Operating system: Windows
Description: defective date_trunc
Details:

Postgresql 8.0

select date_trunc('week',TO
_DATE('2005-01-01','yyyy-mm-dd'))

result

"2006-01-02 00:00:00+01"

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Alvaro Herrera

2005-11-15, 11:24 am

Chris wrote:

> Postgresql 8.0
>
> select date_trunc('week',TO
_DATE('2005-01-01','yyyy-mm-dd'))

Upgrade to 8.0.4. This bug is fixed there.

alvherre=# select date_trunc('week',TO
_DATE('2005-01-01','yyyy-mm-dd'));
date_trunc
------------------------
2004-12-27 00:00:00-03
(1 fila)

alvherre=# select version();
version
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 8.0.3 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 4.0.2 20050806 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.1-4)
(1 fila)

alvherre=#

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Bruce Momjian

2005-11-15, 8:24 pm

Chris wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 2046
> Logged by: Chris
> Email address: termi@wp.pl
> PostgreSQL version: 8.0
> Operating system: Windows
> Description: defective date_trunc
> Details:
>
> Postgresql 8.0
>
> select date_trunc('week',TO
_DATE('2005-01-01','yyyy-mm-dd'))
>
>
> result
>
>
> "2006-01-02 00:00:00+01"

Are you on 8.0.4? If not, you need to upgrade because we fixed this.

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