Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.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)
Wow, that is funny roundoff behavior. Has anyone researched the cause? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
