Merge with 4.0.12

Docs/internals.texi:
  Auto merged
include/my_global.h:
  Auto merged
include/mysql_com.h:
  Auto merged
innobase/row/row0mysql.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/row/row0sel.c:
  Auto merged
libmysql/Makefile.am:
  Auto merged
libmysqld/Makefile.am:
  Auto merged
libmysqld/lib_vio.c:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/heap.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/innodb.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/t/heap.test:
  Auto merged
sql/ha_innodb.h:
  Auto merged
sql/ha_myisam.cc:
  Auto merged
BitKeeper/deleted/.del-password.c~76f30876e68eddb4:
  Auto merged
sql/handler.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/handler.h:
  Auto merged
sql/item_func.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/key.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/lex.h:
  Auto merged
sql/log.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/mysqld.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/slave.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/slave.h:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_class.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_repl.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_show.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_yacc.yy:
  Auto merged
sql/table.cc:
  Auto merged
strings/strto.c:
  Auto merged

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/Docs/internals.texi b/Docs/internals.texi
index 97256d49db6..803eae007df 100644
--- a/Docs/internals.texi
+++ b/Docs/internals.texi
@@ -2798,11 +2798,11 @@ Storage: same as TINYINT.
 @strong{DATE}
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
-Storage: fixed-length series of binary integers, always three bytes
-long.
+Storage: 3 byte integer, low byte first.
+Packed as: 'day + month*32 + year*16*32'
 @item
-Example: a DATE column containing '0001-01-01' looks like:@*
-@code{hexadecimal 21 02 00}
+Example: a DATE column containing '1962-01-02' looks like:@*
+@code{hexadecimal 22 54 0F}
 @end itemize
 
 @strong{DATETIME}
@@ -2821,16 +2821,19 @@ Example: a DATETIME column for '0001-01-01 01:01:01' looks like:@*
 @strong{TIME}
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
-Storage: a value offset from 8385959, always three bytes long.
+Storage: 3 bytes, low byte first.
+This is stored as seconds:  days*24*3600+hours*3600+minutes*60+seconds
 @item
-Example: a TIME column containing '01:01:01' looks like:@*
-@code{hexadecimal 75 27 00}
+Example: a TIME column containing '1 02:03:04' (1 day 2 hour 3 minutes and 4 seconds) looks like:@*
+@code{hexadecimal 58 6E 01}
 @end itemize
 
 @strong{TIMESTAMP}
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
-Storage: four bytes long (NOTE TO SELF: not figured out)
+Storage: 4 bytes, low byte first.
+Stored as unix @code{time()}, which is seconds since the Epoch
+(00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970).
 @item
 Example: a TIMESTAMP column containing '2003-01-01 01:01:01' looks like:@*
 @code{hexadecimal 4D AE 12 23}