diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
index 104a00e420f03e59adf4f22ddf22c76ec111ff1a..1bfa8d12e9993b7f8e7ba26f0bc8e988abd3f710 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/ChangeLog
@@ -1051,5 +1051,9 @@ Thu Jan 25 21:14:38 CET 2001
 Wed Jan 31 17:11:04 CET 2001
 
 	- Added two bug fixes by Christof Petig.
+
+Mon Feb 19 08:25:14 CET 2001
+
+	- Synced gram.y and preproc.y.
 	- Set ecpg version to 2.8.0. 
 	- Set library version to 3.2.0.
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
index 4ed5ece1c799770047cb3db98df818a16f9559cf..ecb21d1b20e41d5bcd7284e7eb657915a9805c8c 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.y
@@ -3479,6 +3479,7 @@ extract_list:  extract_arg FROM a_expr
 		;
 
 extract_arg:  datetime		{ $$ = $1; }
+	| IDENT			{ $$ = $1; }
 	| TIMEZONE_HOUR 	{ $$ = make_str("timezone_hour"); }	
 	| TIMEZONE_MINUTE 	{ $$ = make_str("timezone_minute"); }	
 		;