Bug #816: Bad time conversion from type abstime to datetime

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#1PostgreSQL Bugs List
pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org

Paul Mamin (magamos@mail.ru) reports a bug with a severity of 2
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Short Description
Bad time conversion from type abstime to datetime

Long Description
After making query (in psql):
select '2002-11-12 15:02:05'::abstime::datetime;
timestamp
---------------------
2002-11-12 05:02:05
(1 row)

... I got time with substraction of 12 hours.

Linux, PostgreSQL 7.2.1, 7.2.3

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#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: PostgreSQL Bugs List (#1)
Re: Bug #816: Bad time conversion from type abstime to datetime

pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org writes:

select '2002-11-12 15:02:05'::abstime::datetime;
timestamp
---------------------
2002-11-12 05:02:05
(1 row)

Seems to be fixed in 7.3.

regards, tom lane