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Re: Incorrect Oracle Sysdate

From: Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 16:38:07 GMT
Message-ID: <3DC7F3E3.74B93C1@exesolutions.com> 





tvf wrote:



> Out of curiosity, does select sysdate actually read from the Unix

> system time or does it get set when the db is first brought up?

>

> Thanks.




Just a guess. But it would pretty much have to read the system time to
handle changes such as Daylight Savings Time in the US. Otherwise Oracle
time could differ from O/S time by as much as an hour.



Daniel Morgan
Received on Tue Nov 05 2002 - 10:38:07 CST












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