> Is there any rhyme or reason to these ISO format date parsing rules?
Yes. Though adjustments to the rules are possible, so things are not set
in concrete. There *should* be a complete description of the date/time
parsing rules in the User's Guide appendix.
> Why can't someone store the year wi
Hi,
Is there any rhyme or reason to these ISO format date parsing rules?
test=# select '1-1-1'::date;
ERROR: Bad date external representation '1-1-1'
test=# select '69-1-1'::date;
date
2069-01-01
(1 row)
test=# select '50-1-1'::date;
date
2050-01-01
(1 row)