Re: roundoff problem in time datatype

Tom Lane wrote:
> Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org> writes:
>> On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> No, I think the usual notation for a leap-second is '23:59:60'.
>>> We do allow 60 in the seconds field for this purpose.
>
>> Yes, and it can go up to 23:59:60.999999 (depending on how many fractional
>> seconds one want).
>
> That's an urban legend. There never have been, and never will be, two
> leap seconds instituted in the same minute. We really should reject
> anything larger than '23:59:60'.

mmm. The second "60" have is on duration of 1 second so 23:59:60.4 have
is right to exist.

Regards
Gaetano Mendola