On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 02:11:20PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > I find this a little strange: > > select date_part('year', '0002-01-01 BC'::date); > date_part > ----------- > -1 > > It seems 1 BC and 0 are the same year.
Is there connection between formatting.c and date_part() ? I don't think so... > In backend/utils/adt/formatting.c: > > if (tmfc.bc) > { > if (tm->tm_year > 0) > tm->tm_year = -(tm->tm_year - 1); > > It this normal or a bug? I think this code is OK, butg is somethere in extract (date_part) code. test=# select to_date('0020-01-10 BC'::text, 'YYYY-MM-DD BC'); to_date --------------- 0020-01-10 BC (1 řádka) test=# select to_date('0020-01-10 AD'::text, 'YYYY-MM-DD BC'); to_date ------------ 0020-01-10 test=# select to_char('0020-01-10 BC'::date, 'YYYY-MM-DD AD'); to_char --------------- 0020-01-10 BC Karel -- Karel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://home.zf.jcu.cz/~zakkr/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html