Re: roundoff problem in time datatype

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: roundoff problem in time datatype
Date: 2005-10-13 21:04:47
Message-ID: 2708.1129237487@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> I think my preference is to allow '24:00:00' (but not anything larger)
>> as a valid input value of the time datatypes.

> Is this a must-fix for 8.1?

No, since it's a pre-existing issue, but it's the kind of thing that
should be changed during a major release not a point-release. If we
don't change it then I think we'd have to wait till 8.2 before doing
anything about it.

regards, tom lane

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