diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/compatlib/informix.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/compatlib/informix.c
index b8fd79acde742ddfcdb5fdd1318d21d2b2eacd5c..23e0a820f2fcb70f20f501540ce25644360a9bf0 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/compatlib/informix.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/compatlib/informix.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ deccvasc(char *cp, int len, Numeric *np)
 		ret = -1201;
 	else
 	{
-		np = PGTYPESnumeric_aton(str, NULL);
+		np = PGTYPESnumeric_from_asc(str, NULL);
 		if (!np)
 		{
 			switch (errno)
@@ -85,19 +85,19 @@ deccvasc(char *cp, int len, Numeric *np)
 int
 deccvdbl(double dbl, Numeric *np)
 {
-	return(PGTYPESnumeric_dton(dbl, np));
+	return(PGTYPESnumeric_from_double(dbl, np));
 }
 
 int
 deccvint(int in, Numeric *np)
 {
-	return(PGTYPESnumeric_iton(in, np));
+	return(PGTYPESnumeric_from_int(in, np));
 }
 
 int
 deccvlong(long lng, Numeric *np)
 {
-	return(PGTYPESnumeric_lton(lng, np));	
+	return(PGTYPESnumeric_from_long(lng, np));	
 }
 
 int
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ dectoasc(Numeric *np, char *cp, int len, int right)
 	char *str;
 	
 	if (right >= 0)
-		str = PGTYPESnumeric_ntoa(np, right);
+		str = PGTYPESnumeric_to_asc(np, right);
 	else
-		str = PGTYPESnumeric_ntoa(np, 0);
+		str = PGTYPESnumeric_to_asc(np, 0);
 
 	if (!str)
 		return -1;
@@ -176,13 +176,13 @@ dectoasc(Numeric *np, char *cp, int len, int right)
 int
 dectodbl(Numeric *np, double *dblp)
 {
-	return(PGTYPESnumeric_ntod(np, dblp));
+	return(PGTYPESnumeric_to_double(np, dblp));
 }
 
 int
 dectoint(Numeric *np, int *ip)
 {
-	int ret = PGTYPESnumeric_ntoi(np, ip);
+	int ret = PGTYPESnumeric_to_int(np, ip);
 
 	if (ret == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW)
 		ret = -1200;
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ dectoint(Numeric *np, int *ip)
 int
 dectolong(Numeric *np, long *lngp)	
 {
-	int ret = PGTYPESnumeric_ntol(np, lngp);
+	int ret = PGTYPESnumeric_to_long(np, lngp);
 
 	if (ret == PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW)
 		ret = -1200;
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ dectolong(Numeric *np, long *lngp)
 int
 rdatestr (Date d, char *str)
 {
-	char *tmp = PGTYPESdate_dtoa(d);
+	char *tmp = PGTYPESdate_to_asc(d);
 
 	if (!tmp)
 		return -1210;
@@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ rdatestr (Date d, char *str)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int
+rstrdate (char *str, Date *d)
+{
+	Date dat = PGTYPESdate_from_asc(str, NULL);
+
+	/* XXX: ERROR handling hier und in datetime.c */
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void
 rtoday (Date *d)
 {
@@ -237,7 +246,7 @@ rdefmtdate (Date *d, char *fmt, char *str)
 	/* TODO: take care of DBCENTURY environment variable */
 	/* PGSQL functions allow all centuries */
 
-	if (PGTYPESdate_defmtdate(d, fmt, str) == 0)
+	if (PGTYPESdate_defmt_asc(d, fmt, str) == 0)
 		return 0;
 	
 	switch (errno)
@@ -254,7 +263,7 @@ rdefmtdate (Date *d, char *fmt, char *str)
 int
 rfmtdate (Date d, char *fmt, char *str)
 {
-	if (PGTYPESdate_fmtdate(d, fmt, str) == 0)
+	if (PGTYPESdate_fmt_asc(d, fmt, str) == 0)
 		return 0;
 		
 	if (errno == ENOMEM)
@@ -275,19 +284,36 @@ rmdyjul (short mdy[3], Date *d)
 void
 dtcurrent (Timestamp *ts)
 {
-	return;
+	PGTYPEStimestamp_current (ts);
 }
 
 int
 dtcvasc (char *str, Timestamp *ts)
 {
+	Timestamp ts_tmp;
+        int i;
+        char **endptr = &str;
+
+        ts_tmp = PGTYPEStimestamp_from_asc(str, endptr);
+        i = errno;
+        if (i) {
+                return i;
+        }
+        if (**endptr) {
+                /* extra characters exist at the end */
+                return -1264;
+        }
+
+        /* everything went fine */
+        *ts = ts_tmp;
+								
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int
 dtsub (Timestamp *ts1, Timestamp *ts2, Interval *iv)
 {
-	return 0;
+	return PGTYPEStimestamp_sub(ts1, ts2, iv);
 }
 
 int
@@ -299,22 +325,21 @@ dttoasc (Timestamp *ts, char *output)
 int
 dttofmtasc (Timestamp *ts, char *output, int str_len, char *fmtstr)
 {
-	return 0;
+	return PGTYPEStimestamp_fmt_asc(ts, output, str_len, fmtstr);
 }
 
 int
 intoasc(Interval *i, char *str)
 {
+	str = PGTYPESinterval_to_asc(i);
+	
+	if (!str)
+		return -errno;
+	
 	return 0;
 }
 
 /* And finally some misc functions */
-int
-rstrdate (char *str, Date *d)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int
 rfmtlong(long lvalue, char *format, char *outbuf)
 {
@@ -352,8 +377,10 @@ rtypmsize(int type, int len)
 }
 
 void
-rupshift(char *s)
+rupshift(char *str)
 {
+	for (; *str != '\0'; str++)
+		if (islower(*str)) *str = toupper(*str);
 	return;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/data.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/data.c
index 5d6f31f089bfebed4b872de6888caa7783854dd0..cae1c500d9b9bc431ba3bc80f1298bc76de9ab46 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/data.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/data.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/data.c,v 1.3 2003/03/27 14:29:17 meskes Exp $ */
+/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/data.c,v 1.4 2003/04/01 14:37:25 meskes Exp $ */
 
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
 
@@ -384,9 +384,9 @@ ECPGget_data(const PGresult *results, int act_tuple, int act_field, int lineno,
 				if (pval)
 				{
 					if (isarray && *pval == '"')
-						nres = PGTYPESnumeric_aton(pval + 1, &scan_length);
+						nres = PGTYPESnumeric_from_asc(pval + 1, &scan_length);
 					else
-						nres = PGTYPESnumeric_aton(pval, &scan_length);
+						nres = PGTYPESnumeric_from_asc(pval, &scan_length);
 
 					if (isarray && *scan_length == '"')
 						scan_length++;
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ ECPGget_data(const PGresult *results, int act_tuple, int act_field, int lineno,
 					}
 				}
 				else
-					nres = PGTYPESnumeric_aton("0.0", &scan_length);
+					nres = PGTYPESnumeric_from_asc("0.0", &scan_length);
 
 				PGTYPESnumeric_copy(nres, (Numeric *)(var + offset * act_tuple));
 				break;
@@ -408,9 +408,9 @@ ECPGget_data(const PGresult *results, int act_tuple, int act_field, int lineno,
 				if (pval)
 				{
 					if (isarray && *pval == '"')
-						ires = PGTYPESinterval_atoi(pval + 1, &scan_length);
+						ires = PGTYPESinterval_from_asc(pval + 1, &scan_length);
 					else
-						ires = PGTYPESinterval_atoi(pval, &scan_length);
+						ires = PGTYPESinterval_from_asc(pval, &scan_length);
 
 					if (isarray && *scan_length == '"')
 						scan_length++;
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ ECPGget_data(const PGresult *results, int act_tuple, int act_field, int lineno,
 					}
 				}
 				else
-					ires = PGTYPESinterval_atoi("0 seconds", NULL);
+					ires = PGTYPESinterval_from_asc("0 seconds", NULL);
 
 				PGTYPESinterval_copy(ires, (Interval *)(var + offset * act_tuple));
 				break;
@@ -431,9 +431,9 @@ ECPGget_data(const PGresult *results, int act_tuple, int act_field, int lineno,
 				if (pval)
 				{
 					if (isarray && *pval == '"')
-						ddres = PGTYPESdate_atod(pval + 1, &scan_length);
+						ddres = PGTYPESdate_from_asc(pval + 1, &scan_length);
 					else
-						ddres = PGTYPESdate_atod(pval, &scan_length);
+						ddres = PGTYPESdate_from_asc(pval, &scan_length);
 
 					if (isarray && *scan_length == '"')
 						scan_length++;
@@ -453,9 +453,9 @@ ECPGget_data(const PGresult *results, int act_tuple, int act_field, int lineno,
 				if (pval)
 				{
 					if (isarray && *pval == '"')
-						tres = PGTYPEStimestamp_atot(pval + 1, &scan_length);
+						tres = PGTYPEStimestamp_from_asc(pval + 1, &scan_length);
 					else
-						tres = PGTYPEStimestamp_atot(pval, &scan_length);
+						tres = PGTYPEStimestamp_from_asc(pval, &scan_length);
 
 					if (isarray && *scan_length == '"')
 						scan_length++;
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/execute.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/execute.c
index 6a9b38e7a884048239c40f2d7512ed74459138a1..99850664e861f2fb3f66675ead56d54dab57a408 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/execute.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/execute.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/execute.c,v 1.7 2003/03/30 11:48:18 meskes Exp $ */
+/* $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/execute.c,v 1.8 2003/04/01 14:37:25 meskes Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * The aim is to get a simpler inteface to the database routines.
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ ECPGstore_input(const struct statement * stmt, const struct variable * var,
 					{
 						for (element = 0; element < var->arrsize; element++)
 						{
-							str = PGTYPESnumeric_ntoa((Numeric *)((var + var->offset * element)->value), 0);
+							str = PGTYPESnumeric_to_asc((Numeric *)((var + var->offset * element)->value), 0);
 							slen = strlen (str);
 							
 							if (!(mallocedval = ECPGrealloc(mallocedval, strlen(mallocedval) + slen + 5, stmt->lineno)))
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ ECPGstore_input(const struct statement * stmt, const struct variable * var,
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						str = PGTYPESnumeric_ntoa((Numeric *)(var->value), 0);
+						str = PGTYPESnumeric_to_asc((Numeric *)(var->value), 0);
 						slen = strlen (str);
 					
 						if (!(mallocedval = ECPGalloc(slen + 1, stmt->lineno)))
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ ECPGstore_input(const struct statement * stmt, const struct variable * var,
 					{
 						for (element = 0; element < var->arrsize; element++)
 						{
-							str = PGTYPESinterval_itoa((Interval *)((var + var->offset * element)->value));
+							str = PGTYPESinterval_to_asc((Interval *)((var + var->offset * element)->value));
 							slen = strlen (str);
 							
 							if (!(mallocedval = ECPGrealloc(mallocedval, strlen(mallocedval) + slen + 5, stmt->lineno)))
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ ECPGstore_input(const struct statement * stmt, const struct variable * var,
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						str = PGTYPESinterval_itoa((Interval *)(var->value));
+						str = PGTYPESinterval_to_asc((Interval *)(var->value));
 						slen = strlen (str);
 					
 						if (!(mallocedval = ECPGalloc(slen + 1, stmt->lineno)))
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ ECPGstore_input(const struct statement * stmt, const struct variable * var,
 					{
 						for (element = 0; element < var->arrsize; element++)
 						{
-							str = PGTYPESdate_dtoa(*(Date *)((var + var->offset * element)->value));
+							str = PGTYPESdate_to_asc(*(Date *)((var + var->offset * element)->value));
 							slen = strlen (str);
 							
 							if (!(mallocedval = ECPGrealloc(mallocedval, strlen(mallocedval) + slen + 5, stmt->lineno)))
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ ECPGstore_input(const struct statement * stmt, const struct variable * var,
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						str = PGTYPESdate_dtoa(*(Date *)(var->value));
+						str = PGTYPESdate_to_asc(*(Date *)(var->value));
 						slen = strlen (str);
 					
 						if (!(mallocedval = ECPGalloc(slen + 1, stmt->lineno)))
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ ECPGstore_input(const struct statement * stmt, const struct variable * var,
 					{
 						for (element = 0; element < var->arrsize; element++)
 						{
-							str = PGTYPEStimestamp_ttoa(*(Timestamp *)((var + var->offset * element)->value));
+							str = PGTYPEStimestamp_to_asc(*(Timestamp *)((var + var->offset * element)->value));
 							slen = strlen (str);
 							
 							if (!(mallocedval = ECPGrealloc(mallocedval, strlen(mallocedval) + slen + 5, stmt->lineno)))
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ ECPGstore_input(const struct statement * stmt, const struct variable * var,
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						str = PGTYPEStimestamp_ttoa(*(Timestamp *)(var->value));
+						str = PGTYPEStimestamp_to_asc(*(Timestamp *)(var->value));
 						slen = strlen (str);
 					
 						if (!(mallocedval = ECPGalloc(slen + 1, stmt->lineno)))
@@ -1239,9 +1239,7 @@ ECPGexecute(struct statement * stmt)
 	{
 		ECPGlog("ECPGexecute line %d: ASYNC NOTIFY of '%s' from backend pid '%d' received\n",
 				stmt->lineno, notify->relname, notify->be_pid);
-/*		PQfreemem(notify);*/
-		free(notify);
-#warning Remove PQfreemem define
+		PQfreemem(notify);
 	}
 
 	return status;
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/decimal.h b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/decimal.h
index 10c8f3b179a417c1f4fc5fc1049b40c5a4d04054..acbb758814a7495b5426017c168ba84166a355ef 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/decimal.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/decimal.h
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 #define dec_t Numeric
 #endif /* dec_t */
 
-int decadd(dec_t *, Numeric *, Numeric *);
-int deccmp(dec_t *, Numeric *);
-void deccopy(dec_t *, Numeric *);
+int decadd(dec_t *, dec_t *, dec_t *);
+int deccmp(dec_t *, dec_t *);
+void deccopy(dec_t *, dec_t *);
 int deccvasc(char *, int, dec_t *);
 int deccvdbl(double, dec_t *);
 int deccvint(int, dec_t *);
 int deccvlong(long, dec_t *);
-int decdiv(dec_t *, Numeric *, Numeric *);
-int decmul(dec_t *, Numeric *, Numeric *);
-int decsub(dec_t *, Numeric *, Numeric *);
+int decdiv(dec_t *, dec_t *, dec_t *);
+int decmul(dec_t *, dec_t *, dec_t *);
+int decsub(dec_t *, dec_t *, dec_t *);
 int dectoasc(dec_t *, char *, int, int);
 int dectodbl(dec_t *, double *);
 int dectoint(dec_t *, int *);
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_date.h b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_date.h
index 76dedb866cf20aba8e1bac8084015c9327158927..190a9de703a9db687c919da77c4643e982e97223 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_date.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_date.h
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 
 #define Date long
 
-extern Date PGTYPESdate_atod(char *, char **);
-extern char *PGTYPESdate_dtoa(Date);
-extern Date PGTYPESdate_ttod(Timestamp);
+extern Date PGTYPESdate_from_asc(char *, char **);
+extern char *PGTYPESdate_to_asc(Date);
+extern Date PGTYPESdate_from_timestamp(Timestamp);
 extern void PGTYPESdate_julmdy(Date, int*);
 extern void PGTYPESdate_mdyjul(int*, Date *);
 extern int PGTYPESdate_dayofweek(Date);
 extern void PGTYPESdate_today (Date *);
-extern int PGTYPESdate_defmtdate(Date *, char *, char *);
-extern int PGTYPESdate_fmtdate(Date, char *, char *);
+extern int PGTYPESdate_defmt_asc(Date *, char *, char *);
+extern int PGTYPESdate_fmt_asc(Date, char *, char *);
 #endif /* PGTYPES_DATETIME */
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_error.h b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_error.h
index 2965a01476e2a60e14711df30a664662181e699e..e5a102ca98d34db4ff1ef4206a19e0f671bb5b7e 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_error.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_error.h
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-#define	PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW		201
-#define PGTYPES_NUM_BAD_NUMERIC		202
-#define PGTYPES_NUM_DIVIDE_ZERO		203
+#define	PGTYPES_NUM_OVERFLOW		301
+#define PGTYPES_NUM_BAD_NUMERIC		302
+#define PGTYPES_NUM_DIVIDE_ZERO		303
 
-#define PGTYPES_DATE_BAD_DATE		210
-#define PGTYPES_DATE_ERR_EARGS		211
-#define PGTYPES_DATE_ERR_ENOSHORTDATE	212
-#define PGTYPES_DATE_ERR_ENOTDMY	213
-#define PGTYPES_DATE_BAD_DAY		214
-#define PGTYPES_DATE_BAD_MONTH		215
+#define PGTYPES_DATE_BAD_DATE		310
+#define PGTYPES_DATE_ERR_EARGS		311
+#define PGTYPES_DATE_ERR_ENOSHORTDATE	312
+#define PGTYPES_DATE_ERR_ENOTDMY	313
+#define PGTYPES_DATE_BAD_DAY		314
+#define PGTYPES_DATE_BAD_MONTH		315
 
-#define PGTYPES_TS_BAD_TIMESTAMP	220
+#define PGTYPES_TS_BAD_TIMESTAMP	320
+#define	PGTYPES_TS_ERR_EINFTIME		321
 
-#define PGTYPES_INTVL_BAD_INTERVAL	230
+#define PGTYPES_INTVL_BAD_INTERVAL	330
 
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_interval.h b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_interval.h
index b3c71b0597052d2cb25b1804527931936021a6b6..884df67216ae39aa04f715da1c071caf82420765 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_interval.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_interval.h
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef PGTYPES_INTERVAL
 #define PGTYPES_INTERVAL
 
-#include <pgtypes_timestamp.h>
-
 typedef struct
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
@@ -13,8 +11,8 @@ typedef struct
         long           month;                  /* months and years, after time for alignment */
 } Interval;
 
-extern Interval *PGTYPESinterval_atoi(char *, char **);
-extern char *PGTYPESinterval_itoa(Interval *);
+extern Interval *PGTYPESinterval_from_asc(char *, char **);
+extern char *PGTYPESinterval_to_asc(Interval *);
 extern int PGTYPESinterval_copy(Interval *, Interval *);
 	
 #endif /* PGTYPES_INTERVAL */
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_numeric.h b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_numeric.h
index 977233afca0daafb8f7af63edf27e2d4c4d601be..685326e4a80c10d1d9ae93c69323e649e96b0ba5 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_numeric.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_numeric.h
@@ -22,19 +22,19 @@ typedef struct
 
 Numeric *PGTYPESnew(void);
 void PGTYPESnumeric_free(Numeric *);
-Numeric *PGTYPESnumeric_aton(char *, char **);
-char *PGTYPESnumeric_ntoa(Numeric *, int);
+Numeric *PGTYPESnumeric_from_asc(char *, char **);
+char *PGTYPESnumeric_to_asc(Numeric *, int);
 int PGTYPESnumeric_add(Numeric *, Numeric *, Numeric *);
 int PGTYPESnumeric_sub(Numeric *, Numeric *, Numeric *);
 int PGTYPESnumeric_mul(Numeric *, Numeric *, Numeric *);
 int PGTYPESnumeric_div(Numeric *, Numeric *, Numeric *);
 int PGTYPESnumeric_cmp(Numeric *, Numeric *);
-int PGTYPESnumeric_iton(signed int, Numeric *);
-int PGTYPESnumeric_lton(signed long int, Numeric *);
+int PGTYPESnumeric_from_int(signed int, Numeric *);
+int PGTYPESnumeric_from_long(signed long int, Numeric *);
 int PGTYPESnumeric_copy(Numeric *, Numeric *);
-int PGTYPESnumeric_dton(double, Numeric *);
-int PGTYPESnumeric_ntod(Numeric *, double *);
-int PGTYPESnumeric_ntoi(Numeric *, int *);
-int PGTYPESnumeric_ntol(Numeric *, long *);
+int PGTYPESnumeric_from_double(double, Numeric *);
+int PGTYPESnumeric_to_double(Numeric *, double *);
+int PGTYPESnumeric_to_int(Numeric *, int *);
+int PGTYPESnumeric_to_long(Numeric *, long *);
 
 #endif /* PGTYPES_NUMERIC */
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_timestamp.h b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_timestamp.h
index 48a54b1381f8bcbbe1cf254d739ff230b63c3380..189d09a2d23025ec97ae4ad0ad2dd36a09621a97 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_timestamp.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/include/pgtypes_timestamp.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef PGTYPES_TIMESTAMP
 #define PGTYPES_TIMESTAMP
 
+#include <pgtypes_interval.h>
+
 #ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
 typedef int64 Timestamp;
 typedef int64 TimestampTz;
@@ -10,7 +12,11 @@ typedef double Timestamp;
 typedef double TimestampTz;
 #endif
 
-extern Timestamp PGTYPEStimestamp_atot(char *, char **);
-extern char *PGTYPEStimestamp_ttoa(Timestamp);
+extern Timestamp PGTYPEStimestamp_from_asc(char *, char **);
+extern char *PGTYPEStimestamp_to_asc(Timestamp);
+extern int PGTYPEStimestamp_sub (Timestamp *, Timestamp *, Interval *);
+extern int PGTYPEStimestamp_fmt_asc (Timestamp *, char *, int, char *);
+extern void PGTYPEStimestamp_current (Timestamp *);
+	
 
 #endif /* PGTYPES_TIMESTAMP */
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/common.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/common.c
index 719b18b0290697b1e3d00bb83f02ac51e1e39191..0be74b21df02193ee937e1a4c5ffc561efc53cf1 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/common.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/common.c
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include "extern.h"
-	
+
 char *
 pgtypes_alloc(long size)
 {
@@ -28,3 +30,109 @@ pgtypes_strdup(char *str)
 	return (new);
 }
 
+int
+pgtypes_fmt_replace(union un_fmt_replace replace_val, int replace_type, char** output, int *pstr_len) {
+	/* general purpose variable, set to 0 in order to fix compiler
+	 * warning */
+	int i = 0;
+	switch(replace_type) {
+		case PGTYPES_REPLACE_NOTHING:
+			break;
+		case PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT:
+		case PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_MALLOCED:
+			i = strlen(replace_val.replace_str);
+			if (i + 1 <= *pstr_len) {
+				/* copy over i + 1 bytes, that includes the
+				 * tailing terminator */
+				strncpy(*output, replace_val.replace_str, i + 1);
+				*pstr_len -= i;
+				*output += i;
+				if (replace_type == PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_MALLOCED) {
+					free(replace_val.replace_str);
+				}
+				return 0;
+			} else {
+				return -1;
+			}
+			break;
+		case PGTYPES_REPLACE_CHAR:
+			if (*pstr_len >= 2) {
+				(*output)[0] = replace_val.replace_char;
+				(*output)[1] = '\0';
+				(*pstr_len)--;
+				(*output)++;
+				return 0;
+			} else {
+				return -1;
+			}
+			break;
+		case PGTYPES_REPLACE_DOUBLE_NF:
+		case PGTYPES_REPLACE_INT64:
+		case PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT:
+		case PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ:
+		case PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LS:
+		case PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_3_LZ:
+		case PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_4_LZ:
+			{
+				char* t = pgtypes_alloc(PGTYPES_FMT_NUM_MAX_DIGITS);
+				if (!t) {
+					return ENOMEM;
+				}
+				switch (replace_type) {
+					case PGTYPES_REPLACE_DOUBLE_NF:
+						i = snprintf(t, PGTYPES_FMT_NUM_MAX_DIGITS,
+								"%0.0g", replace_val.replace_double);
+						break;
+#ifdef HAVE_INT6
+					case PGTYPES_REPLACE_INT64:
+						i = snprintf(t, PGTYPES_FMT_NUM_MAX_DIGITS,
+								INT64_FORMAT, replace_val.replace_int64);
+						break;
+#endif
+					case PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT:
+							i = snprintf(t, PGTYPES_FMT_NUM_MAX_DIGITS,
+									"%u", replace_val.replace_uint);
+						break;
+					case PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ:
+							i = snprintf(t, PGTYPES_FMT_NUM_MAX_DIGITS,
+									"%02u", replace_val.replace_uint);
+						break;
+					case PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LS:
+							i = snprintf(t, PGTYPES_FMT_NUM_MAX_DIGITS,
+									"%2u", replace_val.replace_uint);
+						break;
+					case PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_3_LZ:
+							i = snprintf(t, PGTYPES_FMT_NUM_MAX_DIGITS,
+									"%03u", replace_val.replace_uint);
+						break;
+					case PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_4_LZ:
+							i = snprintf(t, PGTYPES_FMT_NUM_MAX_DIGITS,
+									"%04u", replace_val.replace_uint);
+						break;
+				}
+
+				if (i < 0) {
+					free(t);
+					return -1;
+				}
+				i = strlen(t);
+				*pstr_len -= i;
+				/* if *pstr_len == 0, we don't have enough
+				 * space for the terminator and the
+				 * conversion fails */
+				if (*pstr_len <= 0) {
+					free(t);
+					return -1;
+				}
+				strcpy(*output, t);
+				*output += i;
+				free(t);
+			}
+			break;
+		default:
+			break;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/datetime.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/datetime.c
index fbc55462bf39c75ba4d2394547fa60b6b5c4be7b..1a9bed268c02f54c4f62ad503b0e393ce65eef1b 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/datetime.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/datetime.c
@@ -4,18 +4,15 @@
 #include <float.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include "dt.h"
 #include "extern.h"
 #include "pgtypes_error.h"
 #include "pgtypes_date.h"
 
-/* XXX: currently not used.
- * pgsql: timestamp_date()
- * Convert timestamp to date data type.
- */
 Date
-PGTYPESdate_ttod(Timestamp dt)
+PGTYPESdate_from_timestamp(Timestamp dt)
 {
 	Date		dDate;
 
@@ -36,7 +33,7 @@ PGTYPESdate_ttod(Timestamp dt)
 }
 
 Date
-PGTYPESdate_atod(char *str, char **endptr)
+PGTYPESdate_from_asc(char *str, char **endptr)
 {
 	
 	Date		dDate;
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@ PGTYPESdate_atod(char *str, char **endptr)
 }
 
 char *
-PGTYPESdate_dtoa(Date dDate)
+PGTYPESdate_to_asc(Date dDate)
 {
 	struct tm       tt, *tm = &tt;
 	char            buf[MAXDATELEN + 1];
@@ -154,16 +151,8 @@ PGTYPESdate_today (Date *d)
 #define PGTYPES_FMTDATE_YEAR_DIGITS_SHORT	5
 #define PGTYPES_FMTDATE_YEAR_DIGITS_LONG	6
 
-static char* pgtypes_date_weekdays_short[] = {"Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed",
-	"Thu", "Fri", "Sat", NULL};
-
-static char* pgtypes_date_months[] = {"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
-	"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December", NULL};
-static char* pgtypes_date_months_short[] = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun",
-	"Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec", NULL};
-
 int
-PGTYPESdate_fmtdate(Date dDate, char* fmtstring, char* outbuf) {
+PGTYPESdate_fmt_asc(Date dDate, char* fmtstring, char* outbuf) {
 	static struct {
 		char* format;
 		int component;
@@ -180,15 +169,6 @@ PGTYPESdate_fmtdate(Date dDate, char* fmtstring, char* outbuf) {
 			 { NULL, 0 }
 	};
 
-
-/* These are the constants that decide which printf() format we'll use in
- * order to get a string representation of the value */
-#define PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_STRING_MALLOCED	1
-#define PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT	2
-#define PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_UINT		3
-#define PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ		4
-#define PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_UINT_4_LZ		5
-
 	union {
 		char* replace_str;
 		unsigned int replace_uint;
@@ -213,44 +193,44 @@ PGTYPESdate_fmtdate(Date dDate, char* fmtstring, char* outbuf) {
 			switch(mapping[i].component) {
 				case PGTYPES_FMTDATE_DOW_LITERAL_SHORT:
 					replace_val.replace_str = pgtypes_date_weekdays_short[dow];
-					replace_type = PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT;
 					break;
 				case PGTYPES_FMTDATE_DAY_DIGITS_LZ:
 					replace_val.replace_uint = tm.tm_mday;
-					replace_type = PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ;
 					break;
 				case PGTYPES_FMTDATE_MONTH_LITERAL_SHORT:
-					replace_val.replace_str = pgtypes_date_months_short[tm.tm_mon-1];
-					replace_type = PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT;
+					replace_val.replace_str = months[tm.tm_mon-1];
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT;
 					break;
 				case PGTYPES_FMTDATE_MONTH_DIGITS_LZ:
 					replace_val.replace_uint = tm.tm_mon;
-					replace_type = PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ;
 					break;
 				case PGTYPES_FMTDATE_YEAR_DIGITS_LONG:
 					replace_val.replace_uint = tm.tm_year;
-					replace_type = PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_UINT_4_LZ;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_4_LZ;
 					break;
 				case PGTYPES_FMTDATE_YEAR_DIGITS_SHORT:
 					replace_val.replace_uint = tm.tm_year % 1000;
-					replace_type = PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ;
 					break;
 				default:
 					/* should not happen, set something
 					 * anyway */
 					replace_val.replace_str = " ";
-					replace_type = PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT;
 			}
 			switch(replace_type) {
-				case PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_STRING_MALLOCED:
-				case PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT:
+				case PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_MALLOCED:
+				case PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT:
 					strncpy(start_pattern, replace_val.replace_str,
 							strlen(replace_val.replace_str));
-					if (replace_type == PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_STRING_MALLOCED) {
+					if (replace_type == PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_MALLOCED) {
 						free(replace_val.replace_str);
 					}
 					break;
-				case PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_UINT:
+				case PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT:
 					{
 						char* t = pgtypes_alloc(PGTYPES_DATE_NUM_MAX_DIGITS);
 						if (!t) {
@@ -262,7 +242,7 @@ PGTYPESdate_fmtdate(Date dDate, char* fmtstring, char* outbuf) {
 						free(t);
 					}
 					break;
-				case PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ:
+				case PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ:
 					{
 						char* t = pgtypes_alloc(PGTYPES_DATE_NUM_MAX_DIGITS);
 						if (!t) {
@@ -274,7 +254,7 @@ PGTYPESdate_fmtdate(Date dDate, char* fmtstring, char* outbuf) {
 						free(t);
 					}
 					break;
-				case PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_UINT_4_LZ:
+				case PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_4_LZ:
 					{
 						char* t = pgtypes_alloc(PGTYPES_DATE_NUM_MAX_DIGITS);
 						if (!t) {
@@ -289,7 +269,7 @@ PGTYPESdate_fmtdate(Date dDate, char* fmtstring, char* outbuf) {
 				default:
 					/* doesn't happen (we set
 					 * replace_type to
-					 * PGTYPES_DATE_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT
+					 * PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT
 					 * in case of an error above) */
 					break;
 			}
@@ -300,7 +280,7 @@ PGTYPESdate_fmtdate(Date dDate, char* fmtstring, char* outbuf) {
 
 
 /*
- * PGTYPESdate_rdefmtdate
+ * PGTYPESdate_defmt_asc
  *
  * function works as follows:
  *   - first we analyze the paramters
@@ -314,7 +294,7 @@ PGTYPESdate_fmtdate(Date dDate, char* fmtstring, char* outbuf) {
 
 #define PGTYPES_DATE_MONTH_MAXLENGTH		20  /* probably even less  :-) */
 int
-PGTYPESdate_defmtdate(Date *d, char *fmt, char *str)
+PGTYPESdate_defmt_asc(Date *d, char *fmt, char *str)
 {
 	/* token[2] = { 4,6 } means that token 2 starts at
 	 * position 4 and ends at (including) position 6 */
@@ -537,7 +517,7 @@ PGTYPESdate_defmtdate(Date *d, char *fmt, char *str)
 			 * variable i */
 			if (list == pgtypes_date_months) {
 				if (list[i+1] == NULL) {
-					list = pgtypes_date_months_short;
+					list = months;
 					i = -1;
 				}
 			}
@@ -613,6 +593,8 @@ PGTYPESdate_defmtdate(Date *d, char *fmt, char *str)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX: DBCENTURY ? */
+
 	*d = date2j(tm.tm_year, tm.tm_mon, tm.tm_mday) - date2j(2000, 1, 1);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/dt.h b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/dt.h
index e2019af32e0736cc81079a410e22fc64700458a8..8dce06d1bd4bf95a2e3337e6aa9e055deb987d41 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/dt.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/dt.h
@@ -272,33 +272,38 @@ extern int	day_tab[2][13];
 #define TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(j)   ((j) == DT_NOEND)
 #define TIMESTAMP_NOT_FINITE(j) (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOBEGIN(j) || TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(j))
 
-extern int DecodeTimeOnly(char **field, int *ftype,
+int DecodeTimeOnly(char **field, int *ftype,
 			   int nf, int *dtype,
 			   struct tm * tm, fsec_t *fsec, int *tzp);
 
-extern int DecodeInterval(char **field, int *ftype,
+int DecodeInterval(char **field, int *ftype,
 			   int nf, int *dtype,
 			   struct tm * tm, fsec_t *fsec);
 
-extern int	EncodeTimeOnly(struct tm * tm, fsec_t fsec, int *tzp, int style, char *str);
-extern int	EncodeDateTime(struct tm * tm, fsec_t fsec, int *tzp, char **tzn, int style, char *str, bool);
-extern int	EncodeInterval(struct tm * tm, fsec_t fsec, int style, char *str);
+int	EncodeTimeOnly(struct tm * tm, fsec_t fsec, int *tzp, int style, char *str);
+int	EncodeDateTime(struct tm * tm, fsec_t fsec, int *tzp, char **tzn, int style, char *str, bool);
+int	EncodeInterval(struct tm * tm, fsec_t fsec, int style, char *str);
 
-extern int	DecodeUnits(int field, char *lowtoken, int *val);
-extern bool	ClearDateCache(bool, bool, bool);
+int	DecodeUnits(int field, char *lowtoken, int *val);
+bool	ClearDateCache(bool, bool, bool);
 
-extern int	j2day(int jd);
+int	j2day(int jd);
 
-extern bool CheckDateTokenTables(void);
+bool CheckDateTokenTables(void);
 
-extern int EncodeDateOnly(struct tm *, int, char *, bool);
-extern void GetEpochTime(struct tm *);
-extern int ParseDateTime(char *, char *, char **, int *, int, int *, char **);
-extern int DecodeDateTime(char **, int *, int, int *, struct tm *, fsec_t *, int *, bool);
-extern void j2date(int, int *, int *, int *);
-extern void GetCurrentDateTime(struct tm*);
-extern int date2j(int, int, int);
-extern double rint(double x);
+int EncodeDateOnly(struct tm *, int, char *, bool);
+void GetEpochTime(struct tm *);
+int ParseDateTime(char *, char *, char **, int *, int, int *, char **);
+int DecodeDateTime(char **, int *, int, int *, struct tm *, fsec_t *, int *, bool);
+void j2date(int, int *, int *, int *);
+void GetCurrentDateTime(struct tm*);
+int date2j(int, int, int);
+double rint(double x);
+
+extern char* pgtypes_date_weekdays_short[];
+extern char* pgtypes_date_months[];
+extern char* months[];
+extern char* days[];
 
 #endif   /* DT_H */
 	
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/dt_common.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/dt_common.c
index 2da16b14d4ad798326e63634d658cc3008ee191a..739ce8b5b12f2719422213fdb863ec2b28292a0a 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/dt_common.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/dt_common.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <float.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include "dt.h"
 #include "extern.h"
@@ -505,6 +506,10 @@ char       *months[] = {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug",
 
 char       *days[] = {"Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", NULL};
 
+char* pgtypes_date_weekdays_short[] = {"Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat", NULL};
+
+char* pgtypes_date_months[] = {"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December", NULL};
+
 #ifndef HAVE_RINT
 
 /* @(#)s_rint.c 5.1 93/09/24 */
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/extern.h b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/extern.h
index b843107f653e1553c51c062996d28529e13a0fd2..222128767bba1a99b51587569da47ba9fd8d528b 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/extern.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/extern.h
@@ -1,4 +1,40 @@
-#include <string.h>
-	
-extern char *pgtypes_alloc(long);
-extern char *pgtypes_strdup(char *);
+#ifndef __PGTYPES_COMMON_H__
+#define __PGTYPES_COMMON_H__
+
+#include "pgtypes_error.h"
+
+/* These are the constants that decide which printf() format we'll use in
+ * order to get a string representation of the value */
+#define PGTYPES_REPLACE_NOTHING			0
+#define PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_MALLOCED		1
+#define PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT		2
+#define PGTYPES_REPLACE_CHAR			3
+#define PGTYPES_REPLACE_DOUBLE_NF		4   /* no fractional part */
+#define PGTYPES_REPLACE_INT64			5
+#define PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT			6
+#define PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ		7   /* 2 digits, pad with leading zero */
+#define PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LS		8   /* 2 digits, pad with leading space */
+#define PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_3_LZ		9
+#define PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_4_LZ		10
+
+#define PGTYPES_FMT_NUM_MAX_DIGITS		40
+
+union un_fmt_replace {
+	char*			replace_str;
+	unsigned int		replace_uint;
+	char			replace_char;
+	unsigned long int	replace_luint;
+	double			replace_double;
+#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
+	int64			replace_int64;
+#endif
+};
+
+int pgtypes_fmt_replace(union un_fmt_replace, int, char**, int*);
+
+char *pgtypes_alloc(long);
+char *pgtypes_strdup(char *);
+
+
+#endif /* __PGTYPES_COMMON_H__ */
+
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/interval.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/interval.c
index 3d20bd3db3ed606ed477efada070373b29937445..62a3141a4ed2d21692f36bbb1a30682eebca2e11 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/interval.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/interval.c
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ tm2interval(struct tm * tm, fsec_t fsec, Interval *span)
 }	/* tm2interval() */
 
 Interval *
-PGTYPESinterval_atoi(char *str, char **endptr)
+PGTYPESinterval_from_asc(char *str, char **endptr)
 {
 	Interval	*result = NULL;
 	fsec_t		fsec;
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ PGTYPESinterval_atoi(char *str, char **endptr)
 }
 
 char *
-PGTYPESinterval_itoa(Interval *span)
+PGTYPESinterval_to_asc(Interval *span)
 {
 	struct tm	tt,
 			   *tm = &tt;
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/numeric.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/numeric.c
index fc09a6e4ced275330f9099e1cadfbe8e977a2d44..8988df06dfe23c9ed56f5757652f8ad8b0a52f77 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/numeric.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/numeric.c
@@ -362,14 +362,8 @@ get_str_from_var(Numeric *var, int dscale)
 	return str;
 }
 
-/* ----------
- * PGTYPESnumeric_aton() -
- *
- *	Input function for numeric data type
- * ----------
- */
 Numeric *
-PGTYPESnumeric_aton(char *str, char **endptr)
+PGTYPESnumeric_from_asc(char *str, char **endptr)
 {
 	Numeric *value = (Numeric *)pgtypes_alloc(sizeof(Numeric));
 	int ret;
@@ -394,14 +388,8 @@ PGTYPESnumeric_aton(char *str, char **endptr)
 	return(value);
 }
 
-/* ----------
- * numeric_out() -
- *
- *	Output function for numeric data type
- * ----------
- */
 char *
-PGTYPESnumeric_ntoa(Numeric *num, int dscale)
+PGTYPESnumeric_to_asc(Numeric *num, int dscale)
 {
 	if (dscale <= 0)
 		dscale = num->dscale;
@@ -1328,14 +1316,14 @@ PGTYPESnumeric_cmp(Numeric *var1, Numeric *var2) {
 }
 
 int
-PGTYPESnumeric_iton(signed int int_val, Numeric *var) {
+PGTYPESnumeric_from_int(signed int int_val, Numeric *var) {
 	/* implicit conversion */
 	signed long int long_int = int_val;
-	return PGTYPESnumeric_lton(long_int, var);
+	return PGTYPESnumeric_from_long(long_int, var);
 }
 
 int
-PGTYPESnumeric_lton(signed long int long_val, Numeric *var) {
+PGTYPESnumeric_from_long(signed long int long_val, Numeric *var) {
 	/* calculate the size of the long int number */
 	/* a number n needs log_10 n digits */
 	/* however we multiply by 10 each time and compare instead of
@@ -1408,7 +1396,7 @@ PGTYPESnumeric_copy(Numeric *src, Numeric *dst) {
 }
 
 int
-PGTYPESnumeric_dton(double d, Numeric *dst)
+PGTYPESnumeric_from_double(double d, Numeric *dst)
 {
 	char buffer[100];
 	Numeric *tmp;
@@ -1416,7 +1404,7 @@ PGTYPESnumeric_dton(double d, Numeric *dst)
 	if (sprintf(buffer, "%f", d) == 0)
 		return -1;
 	
-	if ((tmp = PGTYPESnumeric_aton(buffer, NULL)) == NULL)
+	if ((tmp = PGTYPESnumeric_from_asc(buffer, NULL)) == NULL)
 		return -1;
 	if (PGTYPESnumeric_copy(tmp, dst) != 0)
 		return -1;
@@ -1449,7 +1437,7 @@ numericvar_to_double_no_overflow(Numeric *var, double *dp)
 }
 
 int
-PGTYPESnumeric_ntod(Numeric* nv, double* dp) {
+PGTYPESnumeric_to_double(Numeric* nv, double* dp) {
 	double tmp;
 	int i;
 	
@@ -1460,11 +1448,11 @@ PGTYPESnumeric_ntod(Numeric* nv, double* dp) {
 }
 
 int
-PGTYPESnumeric_ntoi(Numeric* nv, int* ip) {
+PGTYPESnumeric_to_int(Numeric* nv, int* ip) {
 	long l;
 	int i;
 	
-	if ((i = PGTYPESnumeric_ntol(nv, &l)) != 0)
+	if ((i = PGTYPESnumeric_to_long(nv, &l)) != 0)
 		return i;
 
 	if (l < -INT_MAX || l > INT_MAX) {
@@ -1477,7 +1465,7 @@ PGTYPESnumeric_ntoi(Numeric* nv, int* ip) {
 }
 
 int
-PGTYPESnumeric_ntol(Numeric* nv, long* lp) {
+PGTYPESnumeric_to_long(Numeric* nv, long* lp) {
 	int i;
 	long l = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/timestamp.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/timestamp.c
index 181e63dc2ae7a721d708017f6c425c335caf5ce8..9cea9a3db01574d5fa330289110737a0a6ca64cd 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/timestamp.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/timestamp.c
@@ -11,36 +11,36 @@
 
 #include "dt.h"
 #include "extern.h"
-#include "pgtypes_error.h"
 #include "pgtypes_timestamp.h"
+#include "pgtypes_date.h"
 #include "datetime.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
 static int64
 time2t(const int hour, const int min, const int sec, const fsec_t fsec)
 {
-        return ((((((hour * 60) + min) * 60) + sec) * INT64CONST(1000000)) + fsec);
-}       /* time2t() */
+	return ((((((hour * 60) + min) * 60) + sec) * INT64CONST(1000000)) + fsec);
+}	/* time2t() */
 
 #else
 static double
 time2t(const int hour, const int min, const int sec, const fsec_t fsec)
 {
-        return ((((hour * 60) + min) * 60) + sec + fsec);
-}       /* time2t() */
+	return ((((hour * 60) + min) * 60) + sec + fsec);
+}	/* time2t() */
 #endif
 
 static Timestamp
 dt2local(Timestamp dt, int tz)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
-        dt -= (tz * INT64CONST(1000000));
+	dt -= (tz * INT64CONST(1000000));
 #else
-        dt -= tz;
-        dt = JROUND(dt);
+	dt -= tz;
+	dt = JROUND(dt);
 #endif
-				        return dt;
-}       /* dt2local() */
+	return dt;
+}	/* dt2local() */
 
 /* tm2timestamp()
  * Convert a tm structure to a timestamp data type.
@@ -82,44 +82,44 @@ tm2timestamp(struct tm * tm, fsec_t fsec, int *tzp, Timestamp *result)
 static Timestamp
 SetEpochTimestamp(void)
 {
-        Timestamp       dt;
-        struct tm       tt, *tm = &tt;
+	Timestamp	dt;
+	struct tm	tt, *tm = &tt;
 
 	GetEpochTime(tm);
 	tm2timestamp(tm, 0, NULL, &dt);
-        return dt;
-}       /* SetEpochTimestamp() */
+	return dt;
+}	/* SetEpochTimestamp() */
 
 static void
 dt2time(Timestamp jd, int *hour, int *min, int *sec, fsec_t *fsec)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
-        int64           time;
+	int64		time;
 #else
-        double          time;
+	double		time;
 #endif
 
-        time = jd;
+	time = jd;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
-        *hour = (time / INT64CONST(3600000000));
-        time -= ((*hour) * INT64CONST(3600000000));
-        *min = (time / INT64CONST(60000000));
-        time -= ((*min) * INT64CONST(60000000));
-        *sec = (time / INT64CONST(1000000));
-        *fsec = (time - (*sec * INT64CONST(1000000)));
-        *sec = (time / INT64CONST(1000000));
-        *fsec = (time - (*sec * INT64CONST(1000000)));
+	*hour = (time / INT64CONST(3600000000));
+	time -= ((*hour) * INT64CONST(3600000000));
+	*min = (time / INT64CONST(60000000));
+	time -= ((*min) * INT64CONST(60000000));
+	*sec = (time / INT64CONST(1000000));
+	*fsec = (time - (*sec * INT64CONST(1000000)));
+	*sec = (time / INT64CONST(1000000));
+	*fsec = (time - (*sec * INT64CONST(1000000)));
 #else
-        *hour = (time / 3600);
-        time -= ((*hour) * 3600);
-        *min = (time / 60);
-        time -= ((*min) * 60);
-        *sec = time;
-        *fsec = JROUND(time - *sec);
+	*hour = (time / 3600);
+	time -= ((*hour) * 3600);
+	*min = (time / 60);
+	time -= ((*min) * 60);
+	*sec = time;
+	*fsec = JROUND(time - *sec);
 #endif
-        return;
-}       /* dt2time() */
+	return;
+}	/* dt2time() */
 
 /* timestamp2tm()
  * Convert timestamp data type to POSIX time structure.
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ static int
 timestamp2tm(Timestamp dt, int *tzp, struct tm * tm, fsec_t *fsec, char **tzn)
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
-	int			date,
-				date0;
+	int		date,
+			date0;
 	int64		time;
 
 #else
@@ -254,18 +254,18 @@ timestamp2tm(Timestamp dt, int *tzp, struct tm * tm, fsec_t *fsec, char **tzn)
 static int
 EncodeSpecialTimestamp(Timestamp dt, char *str)
 {
-        if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOBEGIN(dt))
-                strcpy(str, EARLY);
-        else if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(dt))
-                strcpy(str, LATE);
-        else
-                return FALSE;
+	if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOBEGIN(dt))
+		strcpy(str, EARLY);
+	else if (TIMESTAMP_IS_NOEND(dt))
+		strcpy(str, LATE);
+	else
+		return FALSE;
 
-        return TRUE;
-}       /* EncodeSpecialTimestamp() */
+	return TRUE;
+}	/* EncodeSpecialTimestamp() */
 
 Timestamp
-PGTYPEStimestamp_atot(char *str, char **endptr)
+PGTYPEStimestamp_from_asc(char *str, char **endptr)
 {
 	Timestamp	result;
 #ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
@@ -275,14 +275,14 @@ PGTYPEStimestamp_atot(char *str, char **endptr)
 #endif
 	fsec_t		fsec;
 	struct tm	tt, *tm = &tt;
-	int			tz;
-	int			dtype;
-	int			nf;
-	char	   *field[MAXDATEFIELDS];
-	int			ftype[MAXDATEFIELDS];
+	int		tz;
+	int		dtype;
+	int		nf;
+	char		*field[MAXDATEFIELDS];
+	int		ftype[MAXDATEFIELDS];
 	char		lowstr[MAXDATELEN + MAXDATEFIELDS];
-        char            *realptr;
-	char **ptr = (endptr != NULL) ? endptr : &realptr;
+        char		*realptr;
+	char		**ptr = (endptr != NULL) ? endptr : &realptr;
 
 	errno = 0;
 	if (strlen(str) >= sizeof(lowstr))
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ PGTYPEStimestamp_atot(char *str, char **endptr)
 			if (tm2timestamp(tm, fsec, NULL, &result) != 0)
 			{
 				errno = PGTYPES_TS_BAD_TIMESTAMP;
-				return (noresult);;
+				return (noresult);
 			}
 			break;
 
@@ -335,22 +335,406 @@ PGTYPEStimestamp_atot(char *str, char **endptr)
 }
 
 char *
-PGTYPEStimestamp_ttoa(Timestamp tstamp)
+PGTYPEStimestamp_to_asc(Timestamp tstamp)
 {
-        struct tm       tt, *tm = &tt;
-        char            buf[MAXDATELEN + 1];
-	char       *tzn = NULL;
-	fsec_t          fsec;
+	struct tm	tt, *tm = &tt;
+	char		buf[MAXDATELEN + 1];
+	char		*tzn = NULL;
+	fsec_t		fsec;
 	int		DateStyle = 0;
 
 	if (TIMESTAMP_NOT_FINITE(tstamp))
-                EncodeSpecialTimestamp(tstamp, buf);
-        else if (timestamp2tm(tstamp, NULL, tm, &fsec, NULL) == 0)
-                EncodeDateTime(tm, fsec, NULL, &tzn, DateStyle, buf, 0);
-        else
+		EncodeSpecialTimestamp(tstamp, buf);
+	else if (timestamp2tm(tstamp, NULL, tm, &fsec, NULL) == 0)
+		EncodeDateTime(tm, fsec, NULL, &tzn, DateStyle, buf, 0);
+	else
 	{
 		errno = PGTYPES_TS_BAD_TIMESTAMP;
 		return NULL;
 	}
-        return pgtypes_strdup(buf);
+	return pgtypes_strdup(buf);
+}
+
+void
+PGTYPEStimestamp_current (Timestamp *ts)
+{
+	struct tm	tm;
+	
+	GetCurrentDateTime(&tm);
+	tm2timestamp(&tm, 0, NULL, ts);
+	return;
+}
+
+static int
+dttofmtasc_replace (Timestamp *ts, Date dDate, int dow, struct tm* tm,
+					char* output, int *pstr_len, char *fmtstr)
+{
+	union un_fmt_replace replace_val;
+	int replace_type;
+	int i;
+	char* p = fmtstr;
+	char* q = output;
+
+	while (*p) {
+		if (*p == '%') {
+			p++;
+			/* fix compiler warning */
+			replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_NOTHING;
+			switch (*p) {
+				case 'a':
+					replace_val.replace_str = pgtypes_date_weekdays_short[dow];
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT;
+					break;
+				case 'A':
+					replace_val.replace_str = days[dow];
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT;
+					break;
+				case 'b':
+				case 'h':
+					replace_val.replace_str = months[tm->tm_mon];
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT;
+					break;
+				case 'B':
+					replace_val.replace_str = pgtypes_date_months[tm->tm_mon];
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT;
+					break;
+				case 'c':
+					/* XXX */
+					break;
+				case 'C':
+					replace_val.replace_uint = (tm->tm_year + 1900) / 100;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ;
+					break;
+				case 'd':
+					replace_val.replace_uint = tm->tm_mday;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ;
+					break;
+				case 'D':
+					/* ts, dDate, dow, tm is
+					 * information about the timestamp
+					 *
+					 * q is the start of the current
+					 * output buffer
+					 *
+					 * pstr_len is a pointer to the
+					 * remaining size of output, i.e.
+					 * the size of q */
+					i = dttofmtasc_replace(ts, dDate, dow, tm,
+								q, pstr_len,
+								"%m/%d/%y");
+					if (i) { return i; }
+					break;
+				case 'e':
+					replace_val.replace_uint = tm->tm_mday;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LS;
+					break;
+				case 'E':
+					{
+						char tmp[4] = "%Ex";
+						p++;
+						if (*p == '\0') {
+							return -1;
+						}
+						tmp[2] = *p;
+						/* XXX: fall back to strftime */
+						/* strftime's month is 0
+						 * based, ours is 1 based */
+						tm->tm_mon -= 1;
+						i = strftime(q, *pstr_len, tmp, tm);
+						if (i == 0) { return -1; }
+						while (*q) {
+							q++;
+							(*pstr_len)--;
+						}
+						tm->tm_mon += 1;
+						replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_NOTHING;
+						break;
+					}
+				case 'G':
+					/* XXX: fall back to strftime */
+					tm->tm_mon -= 1;
+					i = strftime(q, *pstr_len, "%G", tm);
+					if (i == 0) { return -1; }
+					while (*q) {
+						q++;
+						(*pstr_len)--;
+					}
+					tm->tm_mon += 1;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_NOTHING;
+					break;
+				case 'g':
+					/* XXX: fall back to strftime */
+					tm->tm_mon -= 1;
+					i = strftime(q, *pstr_len, "%g", tm);
+					if (i == 0) { return -1; }
+					while (*q) {
+						q++;
+						(*pstr_len)--;
+					}
+					tm->tm_mon += 1;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_NOTHING;
+					break;
+				case 'H':
+					replace_val.replace_uint = tm->tm_hour;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ;
+					break;
+				case 'I':
+					replace_val.replace_uint = tm->tm_hour % 12;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ;
+					break;
+				case 'j':
+					replace_val.replace_uint = tm->tm_yday;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_3_LZ;
+					break;
+				case 'k':
+					replace_val.replace_uint = tm->tm_hour;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LS;
+					break;
+				case 'l':
+					replace_val.replace_uint = tm->tm_hour % 12;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LS;
+					break;
+				case 'm':
+					replace_val.replace_uint = tm->tm_mon;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ;
+					break;
+				case 'M':
+					replace_val.replace_uint = tm->tm_min;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ;
+					break;
+				case 'n':
+					replace_val.replace_char = '\n';
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_CHAR;
+					break;
+				case 'p':
+					if (tm->tm_hour < 12) {
+						replace_val.replace_str = "AM";
+					} else {
+						replace_val.replace_str = "PM";
+					}
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT;
+					break;
+				case 'P':
+					if (tm->tm_hour < 12) {
+						replace_val.replace_str = "am";
+					} else {
+						replace_val.replace_str = "pm";
+					}
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_STRING_CONSTANT;
+					break;
+				case 'r':
+					i = dttofmtasc_replace(ts, dDate, dow, tm,
+								q, pstr_len,
+								"%I:%M:%S %p");
+					if (i) { return i; }
+					break;
+				case 'R':
+					i = dttofmtasc_replace(ts, dDate, dow, tm,
+								q, pstr_len,
+								"%H:%M");
+					if (i) { return i; }
+					break;
+				case 's':
+#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
+					replace_val.replace_int64 = ((*ts - SetEpochTimestamp()) / 1000000e0);
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_INT64;
+#else
+					replace_val.replace_double = *ts - SetEpochTimestamp();
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_DOUBLE_NF;
+#endif
+					break;
+				case 'S':
+					replace_val.replace_uint = tm->tm_sec;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT;
+					break;
+				case 't':
+					replace_val.replace_char = '\t';
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_CHAR;
+					break;
+				case 'T':
+					i = dttofmtasc_replace(ts, dDate, dow, tm,
+								q, pstr_len,
+								"%H:%M:%S");
+					if (i) { return i; }
+					break;
+				case 'u':
+					if (dow == 0) { dow = 7; }
+					replace_val.replace_uint = dow;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT;
+					break;
+				case 'U':
+					/* XXX: fall back to strftime */
+					tm->tm_mon -= 1;
+					i = strftime(q, *pstr_len, "%U", tm);
+					if (i == 0) { return -1; }
+					while (*q) {
+						q++;
+						(*pstr_len)--;
+					}
+					tm->tm_mon += 1;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_NOTHING;
+					break;
+				case 'V':
+					/* XXX: fall back to strftime */
+					i = strftime(q, *pstr_len, "%V", tm);
+					if (i == 0) { return -1; }
+					while (*q) {
+						q++;
+						(*pstr_len)--;
+					}
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_NOTHING;
+					break;
+				case 'w':
+					replace_val.replace_uint = dow;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT;
+					break;
+				case 'W':
+					/* XXX: fall back to strftime */
+					tm->tm_mon -= 1;
+					i = strftime(q, *pstr_len, "%U", tm);
+					if (i == 0) { return -1; }
+					while (*q) {
+						q++;
+						(*pstr_len)--;
+					}
+					tm->tm_mon += 1;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_NOTHING;
+					break;
+				case 'x':
+					/* XXX: fall back to strftime */
+					tm->tm_mon -= 1;
+					i = strftime(q, *pstr_len, "%x", tm);
+					if (i == 0) { return -1; }
+					while (*q) {
+						q++;
+						(*pstr_len)--;
+					}
+					tm->tm_mon += 1;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_NOTHING;
+					break;
+				case 'X':
+					/* XXX: fall back to strftime */
+					tm->tm_mon -= 1;
+					i = strftime(q, *pstr_len, "%X", tm);
+					if (i == 0) { return -1; }
+					while (*q) {
+						q++;
+						(*pstr_len)--;
+					}
+					tm->tm_mon += 1;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_NOTHING;
+					break;
+				case 'y':
+					replace_val.replace_uint = tm->tm_year % 100;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT_2_LZ;
+					break;
+				case 'Y':
+					replace_val.replace_uint = tm->tm_year + 1900;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_UINT;
+					break;
+				case 'z':
+					/* XXX: fall back to strftime */
+					tm->tm_mon -= 1;
+					i = strftime(q, *pstr_len, "%z", tm);
+					if (i == 0) { return -1; }
+					while (*q) {
+						q++;
+						(*pstr_len)--;
+					}
+					tm->tm_mon += 1;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_NOTHING;
+					break;
+				case 'Z':
+					/* XXX: fall back to strftime */
+					tm->tm_mon -= 1;
+					i = strftime(q, *pstr_len, "%Z", tm);
+					if (i == 0) { return -1; }
+					while (*q) {
+						q++;
+						(*pstr_len)--;
+					}
+					tm->tm_mon += 1;
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_NOTHING;
+					break;
+				case '%':
+					replace_val.replace_char = '%';
+					replace_type = PGTYPES_REPLACE_CHAR;
+					break;
+				case '\0':
+					/* fmtstr: blabla%' */
+					/* this is not compliant to the
+					 * specification */
+					return -1;
+				default:
+					/* if we don't know the pattern, we
+					 * just copy it */
+					if (*pstr_len > 1) {
+						*q = '%';
+						q++; (*pstr_len)--;
+						if (*pstr_len > 1) {
+							*q = *p;
+							q++; (*pstr_len)--;
+						} else {
+							*q = '\0';
+							return -1;
+						}
+						*q = '\0';
+					} else {
+						return -1;
+					}
+					break;
+			}
+			i = pgtypes_fmt_replace(replace_val, replace_type, &q, pstr_len);
+			if (i) {
+				return i;
+			}
+		} else {
+			if (*pstr_len > 1) {
+				*q = *p;
+				(*pstr_len)--;
+				q++;
+				*q = '\0';
+			} else {
+				return -1;
+			}
+		}
+		p++;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+int
+PGTYPEStimestamp_fmt_asc (Timestamp *ts, char *output, int str_len, char *fmtstr)
+{
+	struct tm tm;
+	fsec_t fsec;
+	Date dDate;
+	int dow;
+
+	dDate = PGTYPESdate_from_timestamp(*ts);
+	dow = PGTYPESdate_dayofweek(dDate);
+	timestamp2tm(*ts, NULL, &tm, &fsec, NULL);
+
+	return dttofmtasc_replace(ts, dDate, dow, &tm, output, &str_len, fmtstr);
+}
+
+int
+PGTYPEStimestamp_sub (Timestamp *ts1, Timestamp *ts2, Interval *iv)
+{
+	if (TIMESTAMP_NOT_FINITE(*ts1) || TIMESTAMP_NOT_FINITE(*ts2))
+	{
+		return PGTYPES_TS_ERR_EINFTIME;
+	}
+	else
+#ifdef HAVE_INT64_TIMESTAMP
+		iv->time = (ts1 - ts2);
+#else
+		iv->time = JROUND(ts1 - ts2);
+#endif
+
+	iv->month = 0;
+
+	return 0;
 }
+