Re: [BUGS] Postgres storing time in strange manner

On Sun, 2002-09-15 at 17:15, David Lloyd wrote:
>
> Casey,
>
> > > There are actually 61 seconds in some minutes.  In order to accommodate
> > > leap seconds, PostgreSQL allows this to happen -- similarly to how it
> > > will also allow 366 days in some years.
> >
> > How then, am I supposed to explain to a web interface user that when they just
> > entered 5:00:00, it's going to sometimes show up to 4:59:60?
>
> Leap minutes? Oh please. I'm gonna have to account for green martians
> next...

Well, there *are* leap minutes and leap seconds.  They just happen
*so* rarely...

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