Dennis Bjorklund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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'.
> One "solution" is to round '23:59:59.9'::time(0) up to '00:00:00'.
7.2 did that, and we concluded it was broken.
regards, tom lane
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