... > That is, '60' is read as so many hours, '1.5' is read as so many > seconds. This seems a tad inconsistent.
They fulfill two separate use cases. Time zones can now be specified as intervals, and the default unit must be hours. A number with a decimal point is usually in units of seconds, and matches past behavior afaik. The current behavior makes a choice that likely breaks "expected behavior" if it were changed. Not to mention dealing with the upgrade issues if the conventions were changed. I don't have my heels dug in on this, but this example doesn't cover the range of cases the behavior was designed to handle. I'll go back and research it if turns out to be required. - Thomas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly