RE: function to get GMT time

From: Mark Leith <mark_at_cool-tools.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 09:34:28 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.002DFC99.20010403092140@fatcity.com>

Hi Andreas,

You can do this with the NEW_TIME date funntion:

SQL> alter session set NLS_DATE_FORMAT = 'DD-MM-YYY HH24:MI:SS';

Session altered.

SQL> select sysdate "GMT" from dual;

GMT

---

03-04-001 17:05:25

SQL> select new_time(sysdate, 'GMT', 'AST') "AST" from dual;

AST

---

03-04-001 13:08:41

This shows Atlantic Standard Time, there are a list of the time zones available, and description of the funciton in the SQL Reference Manaual - page 185

HTH Mark

-----Original Message-----
Andreas VASL/FAS
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 04:45
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Hi !

Is there a way to get GMT time within PL/SQL independent from the local time(zone), I'm looking for a function similar to SYSDATE, but it should return GMT instead of the local time.

TIA Andreas

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