Oracle-L: RE: "Does anybody really know what time it is?"

From: Orr, Steve <sorr_at_rightnow.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 08:36:32 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0041CE8D.20020301083632@fatcity.com>

> It's not exquisite
But it ain't bad... something to look forward to.

Thanks Ian!

Steve

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 9:00 AM
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Here's a 9i solution. It's not exquisite amd I expect there is probably be a better way.

SELECT
(TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(SYS_extract_utc(current_timestamp), 'DD-MON-YYYY:HH24:MI:SS'),
'DD-MON-YYYY:HH24:MI:SS')
- TO_DATE('01-JAN-1970:00:00:00', 'DD-MON-YYYY:HH24:MI:SS')) * 86400 from dual
/

Ian MacGregor
Stanford Linear Acclerator Center
ian_at_slac.stanford.edu

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 2:56 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I want to get the UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) from the database without having to escape to the O/S or write a stored proc. I want to get this time in GMT epoch seconds without needing to know what timezone the server is in. Can't find any Oracle supplied package for this and I'm appalled.

My current medulla oblongata init.ora setting is clues = 0.

Suggestions?

Steve Orr
Bozeman, MT
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