RE: Oracle is a time machine!!

I wonder if this will be fixed in 10i (11i "in some parts of the world, but not others")

;)

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Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:49 PM
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Yes. This is where it gets interesting. England and the colonies didn't adopt the Gregorian Calendar Reform until September, 1752.

October, 1582 had its normal 31 days in the British Empire and September, 1752 had its normal 30 days outside the British Empire.

So what does all this mean? Technically, Oracle's date routines are correct in some parts of the world but not others.

Happy Friday,
Mark Stahlke
Oracle DuhBA
Denver Newspaper Agency

 -----Original Message-----

Sent:	Friday, November 22, 2002 11:40 AM
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Subject:	Re: Oracle is a time machine!!

Does it have any relation to year 1752 adjustment for leap year?

Try following on unix ......

cal 9 1752

   September 1752
 S M Tu W Th F S

       1 2 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30  

-Rachna

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 12:55 PM

> 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
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>
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