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<para>
<literal>YYYY</literal> conversion from string to timestamp or
- date is limited if you use year great than 4-digits. You must
- use after <literal>YYYY</literal> some non-digit char or template
- else year is always interpreted as 4-digits. For example (with year
- 20000):
- <literal> to_date('200001131', 'YYYYMMDD') <literal> will bad
- interpreded as 4-digits year, right is use after year non-digit
- separator <literal> to_date('20000-1131', 'YYYY-MMDD')<literal> or
- <literal> to_date('20000Nov31', 'YYYYMonDD')<literal>.
+ date is limited if you use a year longer than 4-digits. You must
+ use some non-digit character or template after <literal>YYYY</literal>,
+ otherwise the year is always interpreted as 4-digits. For example
+ (with year 20000):
+ <literal>to_date('200001131', 'YYYYMMDD')</literal> will be
+ interpreted as a 4-digit year, better is to use a non-digit
+ separator after the year, like
+ <literal>to_date('20000-1131', 'YYYY-MMDD')</literal> or
+ <literal>to_date('20000Nov31', 'YYYYMonDD')</literal>.
</para>
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