Re: Adjusting the system clock?

From: Alex Filonov <afilonov_at_pro-ns.net>
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 23:00:58 GMT
Message-ID: <961sr6$rdi$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Shouldn't be a problem. At least Oracle handles fall daylight saving switch, which moves time back 1 hour. I dont't see big difference between 1 and 3 hours.

In article <961o30$mvm$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>, gdas_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Aside from time-based scripts. Are there any implications I need to
be
> aware of in regards to resetting the system clock? This is with
Oracle
> 8.1.6 on Windows 2000.
>
> We've recently configured a set of servers out in a datacenter on the
> East coast. And the machines are running in EST. We are in the
> pacific time zone and our application doesn't yet have timezone
> awareness, so we are considering simply putting the clocks back on
> those machines 3 hours.
>
> Will this have any adverse effects on Oracle? The system is not live
> yet, but we plan to go live next week. My biggest fear is that by
> doing this the database won't startup or mount or we might have other
> unexpected low level oracle problems.
>
> Any thoughts?
> Thanks,
> Gavin
>
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