bind 8.2 inconsistent ttl syntax?

[Joseph S D Yao]

> 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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