Try
select to_char( '1969-10-22'::date, 'YYYY-MM-DD');
wishy wishy wrote:
>
> hi folks,
> we have a PostgreSQL 7.2.2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 2.96
> installation on pogo linux 7.2
> we are facing a data problem when we do the following
> select to_char(to_date('1969-10-22','YYYY-MM-DD'),'YYYY-MM-DD');
>
> ERROR: Unable to convert date to tm
>
> we have been trying to find a solution for this have you found such
> instances before it there a method to over come this.
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> thanks
> kris
>
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