--On Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:36:32 -0400 Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, considering that it's a format change and Tom didn't want to back port because
Oh, yes. Let me add that. I didn't realize that was a change of enough significance.
How is this?
Prevent timestamp from supressing ':00' seconds display
it is a format change/behavior change.
Thanks!
LER
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Larry Rosenman wrote:No, the one where we always print hh:mm:ss for an interval, even if seconds is zero.
--On Tuesday, August 05, 2003 01:03:57 -0400 Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I don't know about that item. There is a menion of allowing 60 seconds > --- is that it? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- -- > > Larry Rosenman wrote: >> What about the interval change in ISO datestyle for zero seconds? >> >> LER >> >> >> --On Sunday, August 03, 2003 19:30:26 -0400 Bruce Momjian >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > >> > Here are the changes for 7.4. I am looking for any improvements. >> > This will be adjusted as we move through beta. >> > >> > I need to work on the other sections of a major release, like a >> > compatibility section. >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > --- --- -- >> > >> > Release Notes >> > >> > 7.4 Development Branch >> > >> > >> > Valid as of 2003-08-01. 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