Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Right. We allow leap seconds for any date/time. Are you saying we
> > should only allow them for certain dates/times?
>
> No, his point is the funny roundoff behavior.
>
> regression=# select timestamp '2005-09-23 23:59:59.999999';
> timestamp
> ----------------------------
> 2005-09-23 23:59:59.999999
> (1 row)
>
> regression=# select timestamp '2005-09-23 23:59:59.9999999';
> timestamp
> ------------------------
> 2005-09-23 23:59:60.00
> (1 row)
>
> regression=# select timestamp '2005-09-23 23:59:59.99999999';
> timestamp
> ---------------------
> 2005-09-24 00:00:00
> (1 row)
Wow, that is funny roundoff behavior. Has anyone researched the cause?
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