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Add tables of allowed values and formats for date/time input types.

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Include info for time zones, days of week, months.
Procedural description of date input parsing is not yet complete.
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</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Date/Time Input</title>
<sect2>
<title>Date/Time Input</title>
<para>
General-use date and time is input using a wide range of
styles, including ISO-compatible, <acronym>SQL</acronym>-compatible,
traditional <productname>Postgres</productname>
and other permutations of date and time. In cases where interpretation
can be ambiguous (quite possible with many traditional styles of date
specification) <productname>Postgres</productname> uses a style setting
to resolve the ambiguity.
</para>
<para>
General-use date and time is input using a wide range of
styles, including ISO-compatible, <acronym>SQL</acronym>-compatible,
traditional <productname>Postgres</productname>
and other permutations of date and time. In cases where interpretation
can be ambiguous (quite possible with many traditional styles of date
specification) <productname>Postgres</productname> uses a style setting
to resolve the ambiguity.
</para>
<para>
Most date and time types share code for data input. For those types
the input can have any of a wide variety of styles. For numeric date
representations,
European and US conventions can differ, and the proper interpretation
is obtained by using the <command>SET DATESTYLE</command>
command before entering data.
Note that the style setting does not preclude use of various styles for input;
it is used primarily to determine the output style and to resolve ambiguities.
</para>
<para>
Most date and time types share code for data input. For those types
the input can have any of a wide variety of styles. For numeric date
representations,
European and US conventions can differ, and the proper interpretation
is obtained by using the <command>SET DATESTYLE</command>
command before entering data.
Note that the style setting does not preclude use of various styles for input;
it is used primarily to determine the output style and to resolve ambiguities.
</para>
<para>
The special values <literal>current</literal>,
@ -915,74 +915,846 @@ Note that the style setting does not preclude use of various styles for input;
</para>
<para>
The strings
<literal>now</literal>,
<literal>today</literal>,
<literal>yesterday</literal>,
<literal>tomorrow</literal>,
and <literal>epoch</literal>
can be used to specify
time values. <literal>now</literal>
means the current transaction time, and differs from
<literal>current</literal>
in that the current time is immediately substituted
for it. <literal>epoch</literal>
means Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 GMT.
</para>
The strings
<literal>now</literal>,
<literal>today</literal>,
<literal>yesterday</literal>,
<literal>tomorrow</literal>,
and <literal>epoch</literal>
can be used to specify time values.
<literal>now</literal>
means the current transaction time, and differs from
<literal>current</literal>
in that the current time is immediately substituted for it.
<literal>epoch</literal> means <literal>Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 GMT</literal>.
</para>
<para>
<table tocentry="1">
<title><productname>Postgres</productname> Date/Time Special Constants</title>
<titleabbrev>Constants</titleabbrev>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Constant</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>current</entry>
<entry>Current transaction time, deferred</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>epoch</entry>
<entry>1970-01-01 00:00:00+00 (Unix system time zero)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>infinity</entry>
<entry>Later than other valid times</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>-infinity</entry>
<entry>Earlier than other valid times</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>invalid</entry>
<entry>Illegal entry</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>now</entry>
<entry>Current transaction time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>today</entry>
<entry>Midnight today</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>tomorrow</entry>
<entry>Midnight tomorrow</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>yesterday</entry>
<entry>Midnight yesterday</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
<para>
<table tocentry="1">
<title><productname>Postgres</productname> Date/Time Special Constants</title>
<titleabbrev>Constants</titleabbrev>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Constant</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>current</entry>
<entry>Current transaction time, deferred</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>epoch</entry>
<entry>1970-01-01 00:00:00+00 (Unix system time zero)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>infinity</entry>
<entry>Later than other valid times</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>-infinity</entry>
<entry>Earlier than other valid times</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>invalid</entry>
<entry>Illegal entry</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>now</entry>
<entry>Current transaction time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>today</entry>
<entry>Midnight today</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>tomorrow</entry>
<entry>Midnight tomorrow</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>yesterday</entry>
<entry>Midnight yesterday</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
<para>
<table tocentry="1">
<title><productname>Postgres</productname> Date Input</title>
<titleabbrev>Date Inputs</titleabbrev>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Example</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>January 8, 1999</entry>
<entry>Unambiguous text month</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>1999-01-08</entry>
<entry>ISO-8601</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>1/8/1999</entry>
<entry>US; read as August 1 in European mode</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>8/1/1999</entry>
<entry>European; read as August 1 in US mode</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>1/18/1999</entry>
<entry>US; read as January 18 in any mode</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>1999.008</entry>
<entry>Year and day of year</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>19990108</entry>
<entry>ISO-8601 year, month, day</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>990108</entry>
<entry>ISO-8601 year, month, day</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>1999.008</entry>
<entry>Year and day of year</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>99008</entry>
<entry>Year and day of year</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>January 8, 99 BC</entry>
<entry>Year 99 before the Christian Era</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
<para>
<table tocentry="1">
<title><productname>Postgres</productname> Month Abbreviations</title>
<titleabbrev>Month Abbreviations</titleabbrev>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Month</entry>
<entry>Abbreviations</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>April</entry>
<entry>Apr</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>August</entry>
<entry>Aug</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>December</entry>
<entry>Dec</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>February</entry>
<entry>Feb</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>January</entry>
<entry>Jan</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>July</entry>
<entry>Jul</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>June</entry>
<entry>Jun</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>March</entry>
<entry>Mar</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>November</entry>
<entry>Nov</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>October</entry>
<entry>Oct</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>September</entry>
<entry>Sep, Sept</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<note>
<para>
The month <literal>May</literal> has no explicit abbreviation, for obvious reasons.
</para>
</note>
</para>
<para>
<table tocentry="1">
<title><productname>Postgres</productname> Day of Week Abbreviations</title>
<titleabbrev>Day of Week Abbreviations</titleabbrev>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Day</entry>
<entry>Abbreviation</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>Sunday</entry>
<entry>Sun</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Monday</entry>
<entry>Mon</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Tuesday</entry>
<entry>Tue, Tues</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Wednesday</entry>
<entry>Wed, Weds</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Thursday</entry>
<entry>Thu, Thur, Thurs</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Friday</entry>
<entry>Fri</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Saturday</entry>
<entry>Sat</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
<para>
<table tocentry="1">
<title><productname>Postgres</productname> Time Input</title>
<titleabbrev>Time Inputs</titleabbrev>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Example</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>04:05:06.789</entry>
<entry>ISO-8601, with all time fields</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>04:05:06</entry>
<entry>ISO-8601</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>04:05</entry>
<entry>ISO-8601</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>040506</entry>
<entry>ISO-8601</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>04:05 AM</entry>
<entry>Same as 04:05; AM does not affect value</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>04:05 PM</entry>
<entry>Same as 16:05; input hour must be <= 12</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>z</entry>
<entry>Same as 00:00:00</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>zulu</entry>
<entry>Same as 00:00:00</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>allballs</entry>
<entry>Same as 00:00:00</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
<para>
<table tocentry="1">
<title><productname>Postgres</productname> Time Zone Input</title>
<titleabbrev>Time Zone Inputs</titleabbrev>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Time Zone</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>PST</entry>
<entry>Pacific Standard Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>-8:00</entry>
<entry>ISO-8601 offset for PST</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>-800</entry>
<entry>ISO-8601 offset for PST</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>-8</entry>
<entry>ISO-8601 offset for PST</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
<para>
<table tocentry="1">
<title><productname>Postgres</productname> Recognized Time Zones</title>
<titleabbrev>Time Zones</titleabbrev>
<tgroup cols="3">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Time Zone</entry>
<entry>Offset from UTC</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>ACSST</entry>
<entry>+10:30 </entry>
<entry>Central Australia Summer Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>ACST</entry>
<entry>+09:30 </entry>
<entry>Central Australia Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>ADT</entry>
<entry>-02:00 </entry>
<entry>Atlantic Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>AESST</entry>
<entry>+11:00 </entry>
<entry>Australia Eastern Summer Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>AEST</entry>
<entry>+10:00 </entry>
<entry>Australia Eastern Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>AHST</entry>
<entry>-10:00 </entry>
<entry>Alaska-Hawaii Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>AST</entry>
<entry>-4:00 </entry>
<entry>Atlantic Std Time (Canada)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>AWSST</entry>
<entry>+9:00 </entry>
<entry>Australia Western Summer Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>AWST</entry>
<entry>+8:00 </entry>
<entry>Australia Western Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>BST</entry>
<entry>+1:00 </entry>
<entry>British Summer Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>BT</entry>
<entry>+3:00 </entry>
<entry>Baghdad Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>CADT</entry>
<entry>+10:30 </entry>
<entry>Central Australia Daylight Savings Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>CAST</entry>
<entry>+09:30 </entry>
<entry>Central Australia Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>CAT</entry>
<entry>-10:00 </entry>
<entry>Central Alaska Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>CCT</entry>
<entry>+8:00 </entry>
<entry>China Coastal Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>CDT</entry>
<entry>-5:00 </entry>
<entry>Central Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>CET</entry>
<entry>+1:00 </entry>
<entry>Central European Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>CETDST</entry>
<entry>+2:00 </entry>
<entry>Central European Daylight Savings Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>CST</entry>
<entry>+6:00 </entry>
<entry>Central Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>DNT</entry>
<entry>+1:00 </entry>
<entry>Dansk Normal Tid</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>DST</entry>
<entry>+1:00 </entry>
<entry>Dansk Standard Time (?)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>EAST</entry>
<entry>+10:00 </entry>
<entry>East Australian Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>EDT</entry>
<entry>-4:00 </entry>
<entry>Eastern Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>EET</entry>
<entry>+2:00 </entry>
<entry>Eastern Europe, USSR Zone 1</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>EETDST</entry>
<entry>+3:00 </entry>
<entry>Eastern Europe Daylight Savings Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>EST</entry>
<entry>-5:00 </entry>
<entry>Eastern Standard Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>FST</entry>
<entry>+1:00 </entry>
<entry>French Summer Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>FWT</entry>
<entry>+2:00</entry>
<entry>French Winter Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GMT</entry>
<entry>0:00</entry>
<entry>Greenwish Mean Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GST</entry>
<entry>+10:00</entry>
<entry>Guam Std Time, USSR Zone 9</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>HDT</entry>
<entry>-9:00</entry>
<entry>Hawaii/Alaska</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>IDLE</entry>
<entry>+12:00</entry>
<entry>International Date Line, East</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>IDLW</entry>
<entry>-12:00</entry>
<entry>International Date Line, West</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>IST</entry>
<entry>+2:00</entry>
<entry>Israel</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>IT</entry>
<entry>+3:40</entry>
<entry>Iran Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>JST</entry>
<entry>+9:00</entry>
<entry>Japan Std Time,USSR Zone 8</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>JT</entry>
<entry>+7:30</entry>
<entry>Java Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>KST</entry>
<entry>+9:00</entry>
<entry>Korea Standard Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>LIGT</entry>
<entry>+10:00</entry>
<entry>Melbourne, Australia</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>MDT</entry>
<entry>-6:00</entry>
<entry>Mountain Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>MEST</entry>
<entry>+2:00</entry>
<entry>Middle Europe Summer Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>MET</entry>
<entry>+1:00</entry>
<entry>Middle Europe Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>METDST</entry>
<entry>+2:00</entry>
<entry>Middle Europe Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>MEWT</entry>
<entry>+1:00</entry>
<entry>Middle Europe Winter Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>MEZ</entry>
<entry>+1:00</entry>
<entry>Middle Europe Zone</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>MST</entry>
<entry>-7:00</entry>
<entry>Mountain Standard Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>MT</entry>
<entry>+8:30</entry>
<entry>Moluccas Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>NDT</entry>
<entry>-2:30</entry>
<entry>Newfoundland Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>NFT</entry>
<entry>-3:30</entry>
<entry>Newfoundland Standard Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>NOR</entry>
<entry>+1:00</entry>
<entry>Norway Standard Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>NST</entry>
<entry>-3:30</entry>
<entry>Newfoundland Standard Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>NT</entry>
<entry>-11:00</entry>
<entry>Nome Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>NZDT</entry>
<entry>+13:00</entry>
<entry>New Zealand Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>NZST</entry>
<entry>+12:00</entry>
<entry>New Zealand Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>NZT</entry>
<entry>+12:00</entry>
<entry>New Zealand Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>PDT</entry>
<entry>-7:00</entry>
<entry>Pacific Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>PST</entry>
<entry>-8:00</entry>
<entry>Pacific Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>SADT</entry>
<entry>+10:30</entry>
<entry>South Australian Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>SAT</entry>
<entry>+9:30</entry>
<entry>South Australian Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>SET</entry>
<entry>+1:00</entry>
<entry>Seychelles Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>SST</entry>
<entry>+2:00</entry>
<entry>Swedish Summer Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>SWT</entry>
<entry>+1:00</entry>
<entry>Swedish Winter Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>WADT</entry>
<entry>+8:00</entry>
<entry>West Australian Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>WAST</entry>
<entry>+7:00</entry>
<entry>West Australian Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>WAT</entry>
<entry>-1:00</entry>
<entry>West Africa Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>WDT</entry>
<entry>+9:00</entry>
<entry>West Australian Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>WET</entry>
<entry>0:00</entry>
<entry>Western Europe</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>WETDST</entry>
<entry>+1:00</entry>
<entry>Western Europe Daylight Savings Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>WST</entry>
<entry>+8:00</entry>
<entry>West Australian Std Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>YDT</entry>
<entry>-8:00</entry>
<entry>Yukon Daylight Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>YST</entry>
<entry>-9:00</entry>
<entry>Yukon Standard Time</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>ZP4</entry>
<entry>-4:00</entry>
<entry>GMT +4 hours</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>ZP5</entry>
<entry>-5:00</entry>
<entry>GMT +5 hours</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>ZP6</entry>
<entry>-6:00</entry>
<entry>GMT +6 hours</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<note>
<para>
If the compiler option USE_AUSTRALIAN_RULES is set
then <literal>EST</literal> refers to Australia Eastern Std Time,
which has an offset of +10:00 hours from UTC.
</para>
<para>
It is interesting that Australian time zones and their naming variants
account for fully one quarter of all time zones in the
<productname>Postgres</productname> time zone lookup table.
</para>
</note>
</para>
<procedure>
<title>Date/Time Input Interpretation</title>
<step>
<para>
Break the input string into tokens and categorize each token as
a string, time, time zone, or number.
</para>
<substeps>
<step>
<para>
If the token contains a colon (":"), this is a time string.
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
If the token contains a dash ("-"), slash ("/"), or dot ("."),
this is a date string which may have a text month.
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
If the token is numeric only, then it is either a single field
or an ISO-8601 concatenated date (e.g. "19990113" for January 13, 1999)
or time (e.g. 141516 for 14:15:16).
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
If the token starts with a plus ("+") or minus ("-"),
then it is either a time zone or a special field.
</para>
</step>
</substeps>
</step>
<step>
<para>
If the token is a text string, match up with possible strings.
</para>
<substeps>
<step>
<para>
Do a binary-search table lookup for the token
as either a special string (e.g. <literal>today</literal>),
day (e.g. <literal>Thursday</literal>),
month (e.g. <literal>January</literal>), or noise word (e.g. <literal>on</literal>).
</para>
<para>
Set field values and bit mask for fields.
For example, set year, month, day for <literal>today</literal>, and additionally
hour, minute, second for <literal>now</literal>.
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
If not found, do a similar binary-search table lookup to match
the token with a time zone.
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
If not found, throw an error.
</para>
</step>
</substeps>
</step>
<step>
<para>
The token is a number or number field. If there are more than 4 digits,
and if no other date fields have been previously read, then interpret
as a "concatenated date".
</para>
<substeps>
<step>
<para>If there </para>
</step>
</substeps>
</step>
<step>
<para>
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
</para>
</step>
</procedure>
</sect2>
<sect2>