On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 12:05:43PM +1000, Brendan Jurd wrote: > => select 'Sat Aug 06 12:00:43.668919 2005 EST'::timestamp; > ERROR: 22007: invalid input syntax for type timestamp: "Sat Aug 06 > 12:00:43.668919 2005 EST" What are your timezone and australian_timezones settings? I can duplicate the problem thusly: set australian_timezones to on; set timezone to 'EST'; select 'Sat Aug 06 12:00:43.668919 2005 EST'::timestamp; ERROR: invalid input syntax for type timestamp: "Sat Aug 06 12:00:43.668919 2005 EST" set australian_timezones to off; select 'Sat Aug 06 12:00:43.668919 2005 EST'::timestamp; timestamp ---------------------------- 2005-08-06 12:00:43.668919 (1 row) -- Michael Fuhr ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org