The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 5470 Logged by: Randy Solomonson Email address: pgsqlb...@solomonson.com PostgreSQL version: 8.4.2 Operating system: Red Hat 4.1.2-46 (64-bit) Description: EXTRACT(epoch from ...) missing last digit Details:
When converting from Timestamp with Time zone to seconds since epoch, the last digit of the fraction of a second is missing. Try the following query: SELECT x,EXTRACT(epoch from x),EXTRACT(microseconds from x)/1000000 FROM (SELECT '2010-05-24 11:38:01.701845'::timestamp x)t Here are the results: x | date_part | ?column? ----------------------------+------------------+---------- 2010-05-24 11:38:01.701845 | 1274719081.70184 | 1.701845 Notice the date_part ends in 70184 and drops the sixth digit (a "5" in this case). Oddly enough, the last digit was also not rounded up. However, it is rounded up in some cases (eg .538505) -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs