Strange interval arithmetic

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Strange interval arithmetic
Date: 2005-11-27 15:15:04
Message-ID: 4389CD78.4060504@familyhealth.com.au
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What's going on here? Some sort of integer wraparound?

WORKS
=====

mysql=# select interval '2378 seconds';
interval
----------
00:39:38
(1 row)

mysql=#
mysql=# select 2378 * interval '1 second';
?column?
----------
00:39:38
(1 row)

DOESN'T WORK
============

test=# select interval '2378234234 seconds';
interval
--------------
596523:14:07
(1 row)

test=# select 2378234234 * interval '1 second';
?column?
--------------
660620:37:14
(1 row)

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