Re: timestamp bug
Cedar Cox <cedarc@visionforisrael.com>
From: Cedar Cox <cedarc@visionforisrael.com>
To: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-05-20T13:42:59Z
Lists: pgsql-sql
Ouch. Ok, that looks like it. I guess I should just set the time part to 13:00 (when DST never changes)? Or, can I set the time zone to GMT (for this single SQL statement) or something that doesn't have DST? Perhaps a different data type? Suggestions? Thanks, -Cedar On Sun, 20 May 2001, Richard Huxton wrote: > Cedar Cox wrote: > > > > There appears to be a bug in timestamp/interval addition. It happens in > > both PG version 7.0.2 and 7.1. There is a duplicate day (2001 Sep 07) and > > a missing day (2002 Apr 04). I discovered this by accident when I asked > > the interface I'm writing for a 365 day long calendar.. Interestingly, > > the missing day thing (second example) doesn't happen if only adding a few > > days (like the first example). I didn't go into detail to find the point > > at which it does happen. > > you're not hitting an issue with clocks going forward/back for > summertime/daylight savings time? > > - Richard Huxton >