Harald Fuchs <hf0923x(at)protecting(dot)net> writes:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> A leap second will show as 24:00:00. It is a valid time.
> Shouldn't such a leap second be represented as '... 23:59:60'?
People who didn't like 24:00:00 would complain about that, too ;-)
Actually, my recollection is that we decided to allow 24:00:00 for
reasons unrelated to leap seconds. See the archives --- this was
debated and agreed to not all that long ago. PG 8.0 and before
don't allow it.
regards, tom lane