From bcd488d0ce351dfc50b54320abe186300816651a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 03:57:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Change rules for interpreting date/time input to disallow 1
and 3 character years. Rejects dates like '0.085', which were accepted
previously. Minor mods of ODBC markup.
---
doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
doc/src/sgml/odbc.sgml | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml
index 77c1cac55d7..f89f2be23a1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml,v 2.6 2000/02/02 16:21:06 thomas Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datetime.sgml,v 2.7 2000/03/29 03:57:10 thomas Exp $
Date/time details
$Log: datetime.sgml,v $
+Revision 2.7 2000/03/29 03:57:10 thomas
+Change rules for interpreting date/time input to disallow 1 and 3 character
+ years. Rejects dates like '0.085', which were accepted previously.
+Minor mods of ODBC markup.
+
Revision 2.6 2000/02/02 16:21:06 thomas
Add detailed information on Australian time zones.
@@ -578,7 +583,7 @@ Finish initial markup of cvs.sgml, and include it in the programmer's guide
<step>
<para>
- If longer than two digits, then interpret as a year.
+ If four or more digits, then interpret as a year.
</para>
</step>
@@ -605,7 +610,13 @@ Finish initial markup of cvs.sgml, and include it in the programmer's guide
<step>
<para>
- Otherwise, interpret as a year.
+ If two digits or four or more digits, then interpret as a year.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ Otherwise, throw an error.
</para>
</step>
</substeps>
@@ -629,10 +640,10 @@ Finish initial markup of cvs.sgml, and include it in the programmer's guide
<tip>
<para>
Gregorian years 1-99AD may be entered by using 4 digits with leading
- zeros (e.g. 0099 is 99AD). Three digits are also accepted as a
- year under most circumstances, though depending on position the
- numeric string may
- be interpreted as doy instead.
+ zeros (e.g. 0099 is 99AD). Previous versions of
+ <productname>Postgres</productname> accepted years with three
+ digits and with single digits, but as of v7.0 the rules have
+ been tightened up to reduce the possibility of ambiguity.
</para>
</tip>
</para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/odbc.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/odbc.sgml
index 7edc130dc59..783694f4f2d 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/odbc.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/odbc.sgml
@@ -692,8 +692,8 @@ InstallDir = /opt/applix/axdata/axshlib
Typically <productname>Applix</productname> is installed in
<filename>/opt</filename> so the full path would be
<filename>/opt/applix/axdata/axshlib/lib</filename>,
- but if you have installed applix somewhere else then
- change the path accordingly.
+ but if you have installed <productname>Applix</productname>
+ somewhere else then change the path accordingly.
</para>
</step>
</substeps>
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