Bug Repoprt- Casting Issues

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POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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Your name : Dirk Elmendorf
Your email address : delmendo(at)rackspace(dot)com

System Configuration
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Architecture (example: Intel Pentium) : Intel Pentium

Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) :RedHat Linux 6.1/ 2.2.12-20
PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-6.5.1): PostgreSQL-7.0
Compiler used (example: gcc 2.8.0) : egcs-2.9.66

Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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Casting system was changed.
Cannot cast and int4 to a date using the :: or cast as syntax to cast
an int4 to a date.

Please describe a way to repeat the problem. Please try to provide a
concise reproducible example, if at all possible:
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create table test
(
seconds int4
);

insert into test (seconds) values(951414912);

select seconds::date from test;
ERROR: Cannot casty type 'int4' to 'date'

select date(seconds) from test;
date
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200-02-24

If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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