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Re: Use of CURRENT_DATE vs SYSDATE and DST

From: Janine Sisk <janine_at_furfly.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:54:04 -0700
Message-Id: <9719F54B-1BAC-4BB8-B87D-30E74287BB84@furfly.net>


On Mar 22, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR) wrote:
> So after patching my database with the current DST patch (and not
> patching the client), the value of CURRENT_DATE is incorrect – it
> is 15:14 right now. And what the heck does CURRENT_DATE return?
> One hour ahead? I would expect it to be one hour behind (at 14:14)
> until the end of March.

FWIW, in my unpatched 9.2.0.6 instance, these both return the correct time. Maybe you've found a bug in the DST patch?

janine

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