Re: Oracle is a time machine!!

May be it was called Gregorian Saving Time. Imagine ripping off ten days off your desk calendar; And while you are at it, please check the smoke alarm battery, check your basement for leakage...

Thank God they decided not to do it a every year affair.

Then again, imagine this, when you get to bed tonight, turn your calendar and watch and sleep more - an hour longer, oh no, 10 days longer ... Holy cow! I am all for it.
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To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:53 PM

> Nothing unusual here. Ten days were skipped in October, 1582. It was
called
> the Gregorian Calendar Reform.
>
> Mark Stahlke
> Oracle DuhBA
> Denver Newspaper Agency
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:55 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Oracle is a time machine!!
>
> Don't believe me?? Try this:
>
> create table test(the_date date);
>
> insert into test values (to_date('10-05-1582','mm-dd-yyyy') );
>
> select to_char(the_date, 'mm/dd/yyyy') from test;
>
> What do you get? :-))
>
> Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP
> Oracle Database Architect
> CSX Midtier Database Administration
> Author of several Oracle books you can find on Amazon.com!
>
> Londo Mollari: Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How
> efficient of you.
>
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