Here is the Mismatched input/output patch for tintervals as reported over

scrappy · scrappy · commit 85a95b9b0de3 · 1997-04-20T21:49:17.000Z
the last week on Hackers...(A coulpe of clippings of the final
verdict are included below + the diff).

From: Wayde Nie &lt;niew@phoenix.cis.mcmaster.ca&gt;
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/date.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/date.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/date.c,v 1.8 1997/04/04 08:53:08 scrappy Exp $
+ *    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/date.c,v 1.9 1997/04/20 21:49:17 scrappy Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *   This code is actually (almost) unused.
@@ -216,19 +216,19 @@ char *tintervalout(TimeInterval interval)
     char	*i_str, *p;
     
     i_str = (char	*) palloc( T_INTERVAL_LEN );  /* ['...' '...'] */
-    (void) strcpy(i_str,"['");
+    (void) strcpy(i_str,"[\"");
     if (interval->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL)
 	(void) strcat(i_str,INVALID_INTERVAL_STR);
     else {
 	p = nabstimeout(interval->data[0]);
 	(void) strcat(i_str,p);
 	pfree(p);
-	(void) strcat(i_str,"' '");
+	(void) strcat(i_str,"\" \"");
 	p = nabstimeout(interval->data[1]);
 	(void) strcat(i_str,p);
 	pfree(p);
     }
-    (void) strcat(i_str,"']\0");
+    (void) strcat(i_str,"\"]\0");
     return(i_str);
 }
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@`
`9`	`9`	`*`
`10`	`10`	`*`
`11`	`11`	`* IDENTIFICATION`
`12`		`- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/date.c,v 1.8 1997/04/04 08:53:08 scrappy Exp $`
	`12`	`+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/date.c,v 1.9 1997/04/20 21:49:17 scrappy Exp $`
`13`	`13`	`*`
`14`	`14`	`* NOTES`
`15`	`15`	`* This code is actually (almost) unused.`
`@@ -216,19 +216,19 @@ char *tintervalout(TimeInterval interval)`
`216`	`216`	`char i_str, p;`
`217`	`217`
`218`	`218`	`i_str = (char ) palloc( T_INTERVAL_LEN ); / ['...' '...'] */`
`219`		`- (void) strcpy(i_str,"['");`
	`219`	`+ (void) strcpy(i_str,"[\"");`
`220`	`220`	`if (interval->status == T_INTERVAL_INVAL)`
`221`	`221`	`(void) strcat(i_str,INVALID_INTERVAL_STR);`
`222`	`222`	`else {`
`223`	`223`	`p = nabstimeout(interval->data[0]);`
`224`	`224`	`(void) strcat(i_str,p);`
`225`	`225`	`pfree(p);`
`226`		`- (void) strcat(i_str,"' '");`
	`226`	`+ (void) strcat(i_str,"\" \"");`
`227`	`227`	`p = nabstimeout(interval->data[1]);`
`228`	`228`	`(void) strcat(i_str,p);`
`229`	`229`	`pfree(p);`
`230`	`230`	`}`
`231`		`- (void) strcat(i_str,"']\0");`
	`231`	`+ (void) strcat(i_str,"\"]\0");`
`232`	`232`	`return(i_str);`
`233`	`233`	`}`
`234`	`234`