Re: Conversion errors for datetime fields

* Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> [001228 10:28]:
> pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org writes:
> regression=# select now()::date+'0:00:59.999'::time;
> ?column?
> ---------------------------
> 2000-12-28 00:00:60.00-05
> (1 row)
>
> The cause is clear enough: the 59.999 seconds are being rounded off
> to two digits for display. But it's unfortunate that this causes a
> displayed output that will not be accepted as valid input. Perhaps
> it would be a good idea to round off the seconds to display precision
> *before* the value is broken down to hh/mm/ss.
Aren't we *REQUIRED* by SQL99 to accept up to :61 to account for
leap seconds?

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