bind 8.2 inconsistent ttl syntax?

[Cricket Liu]

Michael Long <mlong at nospam.infoave.net> wrote in message
news:<37a6078c.60195111 at nntp.infoave.net>...
> do the other values (besides the serial number) also accept this easy
> format? i can't seem to make it work

Yeah, it's been supported since BIND 4.9.something:

@    IN    SOA    ns1    root    (
        1h
        15m
        4w2d
        30m )

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