postgres8: CREATE TABLE "InetLog" ( "ID" bigint DEFAULT nextval('public."InetLog_ID_seq"'::text) NOT NULL, "Void" boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL, "StartTime" timestamp without time zone NOT NULL, "Duration" interval NOT NULL, "MacAddress" macaddr NOT NULL ); inet=> insert into "InetLog" values(default,true,'2005-23-10 16:30:02',90,'AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF'); ERROR: date/time field value out of range: "2005-23-10 16:30:02" HINT: Perhaps you need a different "datestyle" setting. inet=> insert into "InetLog" values(default,true,'2005-23-10T16:30:02',90,'AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF'); ERROR: date/time field value out of range: "2005-23-10T16:30:02" HINT: Perhaps you need a different "datestyle" setting. any idea why this does not work ?