Re: BUG #1927: incorrect timestamp returned

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: postgres(at)saparev(dot)com, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #1927: incorrect timestamp returned
Date: 2005-10-04 15:38:30
Message-ID: 8727.1128440310@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Right. We allow leap seconds for any date/time. Are you saying we
> should only allow them for certain dates/times?

No, his point is the funny roundoff behavior.

regression=# select timestamp '2005-09-23 23:59:59.999999';
timestamp
----------------------------
2005-09-23 23:59:59.999999
(1 row)

regression=# select timestamp '2005-09-23 23:59:59.9999999';
timestamp
------------------------
2005-09-23 23:59:60.00
(1 row)

regression=# select timestamp '2005-09-23 23:59:59.99999999';
timestamp
---------------------
2005-09-24 00:00:00
(1 row)

regards, tom lane

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