I can't do typecasting... - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Hello,
  I have following problem and I think, that it is a bug:

jelly=> select 'now'::abstime < 'now'::abstime;
?column?
--------
f
(1 row)

** works fine ...

jelly=> select 'now'::abstime < now();
ERROR:  Unable to identify an operator '<' for types 'abstime' and 'timestamp'
    You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast

** ok, now () returns timestamp ...

jelly=> select 'now'::abstime < abstime(now());
ERROR:  Unable to identify an operator '<' for types 'abstime' and 'timestamp'
    You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast
jelly=> select 'now'::abstime < now()::abstime;
ERROR:  Unable to identify an operator '<' for types 'abstime' and 'timestamp'
    You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast
jelly=> select 'now'::abstime < (now()::abstime);
ERROR:  Unable to identify an operator '<' for types 'abstime' and 'timestamp'
    You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast

** but typecasting from timestamp -> abstime seems doesn't work ...

I'am using:

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System is RH 6.1 with glibc 2.1.2.

                                thanks,


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