bind 8.2 inconsistent ttl syntax?

[Michael Long]

do the other values (besides the serial number) also accept this easy
format? i can't seem to make it work 

On 14 Jul 1999 12:43:44 -0700, Joseph S D Yao <jsdy at cospo.osis.gov>
wrote:

>> Why is this invalid?
>> 
>>     $TTL 12h
>> 
>> And I have to do this:
>> 
>>     $TTL 43200
>> 
>> When this is kosher:
>> 
>>     yada 12h IN A yada.
>> 
>> And so is this:
>> 
>>     yada IN SOA yada yada.yada ( 1 3h 1h 4w 12h )
>> 
>> I'm a newbie so this may be astray, but I couldn't get bind 8.2 to allow me
>> to enter the easy ttl syntax (12h) on the $TTL directive.
>> 
>> ../Hank
>
>"Fixed in BIND 8.2.1."
>
>641.	[feature]	$TTL now takes TTLs of the form 1w6d7h32m20s.
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