From 29109487ec1cc26d44fe3eaac375c118a15abbf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Christensen <jack@jackchristensen.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 06:21:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] DateCodec.DecodeDatabaseSQLValue returns time.Time when
 possible

Previously it returned a string. However, this was an unintended
behavior change from pgx v4.

https://github.com/jackc/pgx/commit/89f69aaea9748ae0ea121af4f1886d24966cef56#commitcomment-89173737
---
 pgtype/date.go | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pgtype/date.go b/pgtype/date.go
index bb65996a..0c817c94 100644
--- a/pgtype/date.go
+++ b/pgtype/date.go
@@ -308,7 +308,21 @@ func (scanPlanTextAnyToDateScanner) Scan(src []byte, dst any) error {
 }
 
 func (c DateCodec) DecodeDatabaseSQLValue(m *Map, oid uint32, format int16, src []byte) (driver.Value, error) {
-	return codecDecodeToTextFormat(c, m, oid, format, src)
+	if src == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	var date Date
+	err := codecScan(c, m, oid, format, src, &date)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if date.InfinityModifier != Finite {
+		return date.InfinityModifier.String(), nil
+	}
+
+	return date.Time, nil
 }
 
 func (c DateCodec) DecodeValue(m *Map, oid uint32, format int16, src []byte) (any, error) {