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Sequence of date interpretation not quite right.

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Thomas G. Lockhart
1999-10-12 13:57:04 +00:00
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml,v 2.4 1999/06/23 06:17:51 thomas Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml,v 2.5 1999/10/12 13:57:04 thomas Exp $
Date/time details
$Log: datetime.sgml,v $
Revision 2.5 1999/10/12 13:57:04 thomas
Sequence of date interpretation not quite right.
Revision 2.4 1999/06/23 06:17:51 thomas
Clarify input/output timezone information.
Add detail on exact interpretation of "concatenated date"
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then <literal>EST</literal> refers to Australia Eastern Std Time,
which has an offset of +10:00 hours from UTC.
</para>
</note>
</para>
<para>
Australian time zones and their naming variants
account for fully one quarter of all time zones in the
<productname>Postgres</productname> time zone lookup table.
<para>
Australian time zones and their naming variants
account for fully one quarter of all time zones in the
<productname>Postgres</productname> time zone lookup table.
</para>
</note>
</para>
<procedure>
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Do a binary-search table lookup for the token
as either a special string (e.g. <literal>today</literal>),
day (e.g. <literal>Thursday</literal>),
month (e.g. <literal>January</literal>), or noise word (e.g. <literal>on</literal>).
month (e.g. <literal>January</literal>),
or noise word (e.g. <literal>on</literal>).
</para>
<para>
Set field values and bit mask for fields.
For example, set year, month, day for <literal>today</literal>, and additionally
hour, minute, second for <literal>now</literal>.
For example, set year, month, day for <literal>today</literal>,
and additionally hour, minute, second for <literal>now</literal>.
</para>
</step>
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and if no other date fields have been previously read, then interpret
as a "concatenated date" (e.g. <literal>19990118</literal>). 8
and 6 digits are interpreted as year, month, and day, while 7
and 5 digits are interpreted as year, day of year.
and 5 digits are interpreted as year, day of year, respectively.
</para>
</step>
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<step>
<para>
If in non-European (US) date mode, and if the month field has not yet been read,
If the month field has not yet been read,
and if the value is less than or equal to 12, then interpret as a month.
</para>
</step>
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<step>
<para>
If the day field has not yet been read,
and if the value is less than or equal to 31, then interpret as a month.
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
If the month field has not yet been read,
and if the value is less than or equal to 12, then interpret as a month.
and if the value is less than or equal to 31, then interpret as a day.
</para>
</step>