Comment 1 for bug 1341606

This is easy to confirm:

[openxs@chief p5.6]$ bin/mysql --no-defaults -uroot test
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mysql> set session timestamp=4646464;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> select @@timestamp;
+----------------+
| @@timestamp |
+----------------+
| 4646464.000000 |
+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select @@timestamp;
+----------------+
| @@timestamp |
+----------------+
| 4646464.000000 |
+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> set session timestamp=default;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> select @@timestamp;
+-------------------+
| @@timestamp |
+-------------------+
| 1405411683.154843 |
+-------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select @@timestamp;
+-------------------+
| @@timestamp |
+-------------------+
| 1405411684.197364 |
+-------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> set statement timestamp=4646464 for select @@timestamp;
+----------------+
| @@timestamp |
+----------------+
| 4646464.000000 |
+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select @@timestamp;
+----------------+
| @@timestamp |
+----------------+
| 4646464.000000 |
+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select @@timestamp;
+----------------+
| @@timestamp |
+----------------+
| 4646464.000000 |
+----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)