Re: [GENERAL] Bad timestamp external representation

I can confirm that current CVS sources have the same bug.

> It's a bug in timestamp output.
>
> # select '2001-07-24 15:55:59.999'::timestamp;
> ?column?
> ---------------------------
> 2001-07-24 15:55:60.00-04
> (1 row)
>
> Richard Huxton wrote:
> >
> > From: "tamsin" <tg_mail(at)bryncadfan(dot)co(dot)uk>
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Just created a db from a pg_dump file and got this error:
> > >
> > > ERROR: copy: line 602, Bad timestamp external representation '2000-10-03
> > > 09:01:60.00+00'
> > >
> > > I guess its a bad representation because 09:01:60.00+00 is actually 09:02,
> > > but how could it have got into my database/can I do anything about it?
> > The
> > > value must have been inserted by my app via JDBC, I can't insert that
> > value
> > > directly via psql.
> >
> > Seem to remember a bug in either pg_dump or timestamp rendering causing
> > rounding-up problems like this. If no-one else comes up with a definitive
> > answer, check the list archives. If you're not running the latest release,
> > check the change-log.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > - Richard Huxton
> >
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