interval madness ... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Hans-Juergen Schoenig
Subject interval madness ...
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Msg-id AD8A2F17-5008-4C63-ABAD-469B93DA7DEA@cybertec.at
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Responses Re: interval madness ...  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
Re: interval madness ...  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
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hello everybody ...

i am sitting here in a training and i am wondering about the following issue ...

test=# select now() + '3 years 2 decades 4000 seconds 9 minutes'::interval;
           ?column?            
-------------------------------
 2031-06-28 11:58:35.052423+02
(1 row)

test=# select now() + '3 years 2 decades 4000 seconds 9 minutes 1 century'::interval;
           ?column?            
-------------------------------
 2131-06-28 11:59:01.635835+01
(1 row)


why do i get a different timezone just because of adding one more century?
i cannot see an obvious reason.

many thanks,

hans

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