{"id":"e761682adc81f5f2","repo":"jackc/pgx","slug":"cannot-scan-infinity-into-time-time-e76168","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"cannot scan -Infinity into *time.Time","messagePattern":"cannot scan -Infinity into \\*time\\.Time","errorType":"validation","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"pgtype/builtin_wrappers.go","lineNumber":412,"sourceCode":"func (w stringWrapper) TextValue() (Text, error) {\n\treturn Text{String: string(w), Valid: true}, nil\n}\n\ntype timeWrapper time.Time\n\nfunc (w *timeWrapper) ScanDate(v Date) error {\n\tif !v.Valid {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"cannot scan NULL into *time.Time\")\n\t}\n\n\tswitch v.InfinityModifier {\n\tcase Finite:\n\t\t*w = timeWrapper(v.Time)\n\t\treturn nil\n\tcase Infinity:\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"cannot scan Infinity into *time.Time\")\n\tcase NegativeInfinity:\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"cannot scan -Infinity into *time.Time\")\n\tdefault:\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"invalid InfinityModifier: %v\", v.InfinityModifier)\n\t}\n}\n\nfunc (w timeWrapper) DateValue() (Date, error) {\n\treturn Date{Time: time.Time(w), Valid: true}, nil\n}\n\nfunc (w *timeWrapper) ScanTimestamp(v Timestamp) error {\n\tif !v.Valid {\n\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"cannot scan NULL into *time.Time\")\n\t}\n\n\tswitch v.InfinityModifier {\n\tcase Finite:\n\t\t*w = timeWrapper(v.Time)\n\t\treturn nil","sourceCodeStart":394,"sourceCodeEnd":430,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/jackc/pgx/blob/ec1a0befd22592cffffdeeb0a50311b506372f4c/pgtype/builtin_wrappers.go#L394-L430","documentation":"Error \"cannot scan -Infinity into *time.Time\" thrown in jackc/pgx.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at pgtype/builtin_wrappers.go:412 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"analyzedSha":"ec1a0befd22592cffffdeeb0a50311b506372f4c","analyzedAt":"2026-08-04T22:52:11.263Z","schemaVersion":2}