Re: how does Oracle handle changes to system time of day
From: Morris Galloway <mmgall_at_admin.presby.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 23:05:11 GMT
Message-ID: <Cr1usp.IKA_at_presby.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 1994 23:05:11 GMT
Message-ID: <Cr1usp.IKA_at_presby.edu>
In article <Cr0D53.FKy_at_cmutual.com.au>, Tony Jambu <aaj_at_cmutual.com.au> wrote:
>
>A similar question [about adjusting the system clock]
>was put to Oracle about a year and a half ago. It was to
>do with daylight saving. Basically, bad luck if you need to
>recover your database using archive logs in the one hour that was put back in
>time. Putting the time forward is OK, setting it back is a problem.
Anyone know whether the same would apply to calls to the adjtime(2) system call on UNIX? Since it is not causing the clock to go back, but rather "retarding" it, I suspect it does not.
Morris Galloway Jr. Internet: mmgall_at_presby.edu Dean, Administrative Services Phone: 1-803-833-8217 Presbyterian College 503 S. Broad St. Clinton, SC 29325 USAReceived on Wed Jun 08 1994 - 01:05:11 CEST