Doc: fix bogus to_date() examples.
authorTom Lane <[email protected]>
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:09:00 +0000 (11:09 -0400)
committerTom Lane <[email protected]>
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:09:23 +0000 (11:09 -0400)
November doesn't have 31 days.  Remarkably, this thinko
has escaped detection since commit 3f1998727.

Noted by Y. Saburov.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/171276122213.681.531905738590773705@wrigleys.postgresql.org

doc/src/sgml/func.sgml

index 58691ee5781f272b0cf5c576a1ca718d3da49076..fd877a4ea813091ad0ba11bbeffb3aee84ad7620 100644 (file)
@@ -7814,11 +7814,11 @@ SELECT regexp_match('abc01234xyz', '(?:(.*?)(\d+)(.*)){1,1}');
        use some non-digit character or template after <literal>YYYY</literal>,
        otherwise the year is always interpreted as 4 digits. For example
        (with the year 20000):
-       <literal>to_date('200001131', 'YYYYMMDD')</literal> will be
+       <literal>to_date('200001130', 'YYYYMMDD')</literal> will be
        interpreted as a 4-digit year; instead use a non-digit
        separator after the year, like
-       <literal>to_date('20000-1131', 'YYYY-MMDD')</literal> or
-       <literal>to_date('20000Nov31', 'YYYYMonDD')</literal>.
+       <literal>to_date('20000-1130', 'YYYY-MMDD')</literal> or
+       <literal>to_date('20000Nov30', 'YYYYMonDD')</literal>.
       </para>
      </listitem>