diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/nabstime.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/nabstime.c
index 972ca7a67f..69ae1f1702 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/nabstime.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/nabstime.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/nabstime.c,v 1.83 2001/03/22 03:59:52 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/nabstime.c,v 1.84 2001/04/26 21:52:17 tgl Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -432,14 +432,11 @@ nabstimeout(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 /*
  *	AbsoluteTimeIsBefore -- true iff time1 is before time2.
- *	AbsoluteTimeIsBefore -- true iff time1 is after time2.
+ *	AbsoluteTimeIsAfter -- true iff time1 is after time2.
  */
 bool
 AbsoluteTimeIsBefore(AbsoluteTime time1, AbsoluteTime time2)
 {
-	Assert(AbsoluteTimeIsValid(time1));
-	Assert(AbsoluteTimeIsValid(time2));
-
 	if (time1 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
 		time1 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();
 
@@ -453,9 +450,6 @@ AbsoluteTimeIsBefore(AbsoluteTime time1, AbsoluteTime time2)
 bool
 AbsoluteTimeIsAfter(AbsoluteTime time1, AbsoluteTime time2)
 {
-	Assert(AbsoluteTimeIsValid(time1));
-	Assert(AbsoluteTimeIsValid(time2));
-
 	if (time1 == CURRENT_ABSTIME)
 		time1 = GetCurrentTransactionStartTime();