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Oracle internal timestamp

From: Joel Shepherd <jashepherd_at_usa.net>
Date: 2000/08/04
Message-ID: <gdEi5.59046$6y5.40190753@news2.rdc2.tx.home.com>#1/1 







Just curious. 



What is the signifcance of the date 1987/10/8 with respect to Oracle ?



It is used as the basedate of one of their internal timestamps.



i.e.



 404479566 = 2000/08/01 11:26:06  



 Is the number of seconds since 1987/10/8 00:00:00
Received on Fri Aug 04 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT












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