On 11/5/2013 10:29 AM, Steve Crawford wrote:
> The to_date and to_timestamp functions do minimal input error-checking
> and are intended for conversion of non-standard formats that cannot be
> handled by casting. These functions will attempt to convert illegal
> dates to the best of their ability, e.g. to_date('33-OCT-2013',
> 'dd-mon-yyyy') will return 2013-11-02. Users of these functions are
> advised to perform whatever external error-checking they deem prudent.
I think this should also point out that this behavior is different than
cast, which is much stricter.
the fact that these two methods are polar opposites in this behavior is
troublesome.
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