daniel@heroku.com writes:
> select '1 5 hours'::interval = '1 day 5 hours'::interval;
> ?column?
> ----------
> t
> (1 row)
> I think that the first spelling, a unit-less '1', should not be accepted.
Not sure I agree. The syntax '1 05:00' is required by spec to mean
'1 day 5 hours 0 minutes'. I would take that to mean that a unitless
number directly to the left of an hours field is days. Anyway, the
code in DecodeInterval is treating these cases the same.
regards, tom lane