Weird PG 8.1.3 date error

Tony Caduto <tony_caduto@amsoftwaredesign.com> writes:

I have a user who is getting this error on a 8.1.3 server when importing
some data from a dbf file:
ERROR: date/time field value out of range: "08-01-2006"

He needs to set DateStyle to match the expected field order.

regression=# show datestyle;
DateStyle
-----------
ISO, MDY
(1 row)

regression=# select '08-01-2006'::date;
date
------------
2006-08-01
(1 row)

regression=# set datestyle TO ymd;
SET
regression=# select '08-01-2006'::date;
ERROR: date/time field value out of range: "08-01-2006"
HINT: Perhaps you need a different "datestyle" setting.
regression=#

He might also want to use tools that don't suppress the HINT part of an
error message ...

regards, tom lane

On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 10:37 -0600, Tony Caduto wrote:

Hi,
I have a user who is getting this error on a 8.1.3 server when importing
some data from a dbf file:

PostgreSQL Error Code: (1)
ERROR: date/time field value out of range: "08-01-2006"

He says the db is SQL-ASCII and the datestyle is at the default.

Without more information it is a bit tough to say but:

http://people.planetpostgresql.org/joshua/index.php?/archives/12-Ahhh!-PostgreSQL-Gotchas.html

Of course on all my test servers the insert works perfectly without the
range error.

Anyone have any Ideas? I don't know if the pg server is win32 or Unix.

Thanks,

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Tom Lane wrote:

He needs to set DateStyle to match the expected field order.

regression=# show datestyle;
DateStyle
-----------
ISO, MDY
(1 row)

regression=# select '08-01-2006'::date;
date
------------
2006-08-01
(1 row)

regression=# set datestyle TO ymd;
SET
regression=# select '08-01-2006'::date;
ERROR: date/time field value out of range: "08-01-2006"
HINT: Perhaps you need a different "datestyle" setting.
regression=#

Tom,
You were right on, that's exactly what the problem was.
I have not heard back, but I told him to set his datestyle back to the
default.

Thanks,

--
Tony