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Re: [HACKERS] Re: [PORTS] v6.3 release ToDo list and supported p

Andrew Martin <martin@biochemistry.ucl.ac.uk> — 1998-02-18T13:03:31Z

> > I just checked the changelogs and Debian has integrated lots of upstream
> > patches into glibc-2.0.6. So maybe this wasn't fixed before 2.0.6. I'm
> > currently running 2.0.7pre1 and that one is fine.
> 
> Andrew, could you add this to the Linux FAQ? The problem statement is:
> 
> Q:
> Why do I get funny rounding results in some date/time arithmetic, such as
>   select '4 hours'::timespan;
> returning '3 hours 59 minutes 60 seconds'?
> 

Have done....

Andrew



p.s. BRUCE! Could I remind you to make sure the latest FAQs get into the
distribution :-)


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