Originally Posted by
Mantan2.0
Do you happen to have a link to that policy?
I can't seem to find it...
The post you quoted was made over 14 years ago so not surprisingly things have changed.
It's now over 10 hours and the details and other restrictions are here:
https://www.etihad.com/en-gb/abu-dhabi/stopover
Select the "Transit connect" tab.