Re: BUG #4849: intermittent future timestamps - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #4849: intermittent future timestamps
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Msg-id 7816.1244653102@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #4849: intermittent future timestamps  ("David Leppik" <dleppik@vocalabs.com>)
Responses Re: BUG #4849: intermittent future timestamps
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"David Leppik" <dleppik@vocalabs.com> writes:
> We are intermittently getting results from now() which are around 10 minutes
> in the future.  Most calls return a reasonable value.  Because the erroneous
> timestamps are in the future, they cannot be explained by transaction
> delays.

Postgres is just reporting what it got from gettimeofday(), so your beef
is with the kernel (or perhaps with glibc) and/or the hardware you're
using.  I think I've heard of kernel bugs causing this type of issue.

            regards, tom lane

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