Re: BUG #1180: incorrect date handling

"PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> PostgreSQL version: 7.3.2

> colony=# insert into foo values ('2003-12-11 23:59:60.00');
> ERROR: Bad timestamp external representation '2003-12-11 23:59:60.00'

Use a more recent PG version ... we have fixed a thing or two since
7.3 (in fact 7.3.3 and later versions take this, if I read the CVS logs
aright).

> under 7.4.2, (had a friend test it out) inserting a timestamp with a time of
> 23:59:60.00 is allowed, it just increments the day and sets the time to
> 00:00:00 (as one would expect). However it still allows you to insert the
> time as `23:59:59.9999999` and it updates the time (incorrectly) to
> `23:59:60.00` instead of incrementing the day and setting the time to
> 00:00:00 (since 23:59:60 is .. or should be invalid).

Horsepucky.

regression=# select version();
version
---------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 7.4.3 on hppa-hp-hpux10.20, compiled by GCC 2.95.3
(1 row)

regression=# select '2003-12-11 23:59:60.00'::timestamp;
timestamp
---------------------
2003-12-12 00:00:00
(1 row)

regards, tom lane