Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> writes:
> > FYI, this behavior now returns:
> 
> >     test=> select to_timestamp('20096010','YYYYMMDD');
> >           to_timestamp
> >     ------------------------
> >      2013-12-18 00:00:00-05
> >     (1 row)
> 
> > which doesn't have the :30 but is still odd.
> 
> I don't think the behavior has changed, you're merely checking it in
> a different timezone from the OP.
> 
> The real question is whether we should throw error for out-of-range
> MM (or other fields).  I think there are actual use cases for certain
> "invalid" inputs, like adding one to the day field without worrying
> about end of month.  Perhaps there is not a use case for a month value
> as far out of range as this, but where would we draw the line?
> 
> Anybody know what Oracle's to_timestamp does?

The old thread reported Oracle returned an error;

        http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-06/msg00100.php

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