RE: "Does anybody really know what time it is?"

> Guin[n]ess Mean Time

"Mean" time? Are you a redneck? :-)

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Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 9:30 AM
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Because of my life in the fast lane my time normally differs from the GMT (Guiness Mean Time) and EST. Speed of a DBA normally approaches 186,000 miles per sec. but state troopers do not have too much of compassion and understanding. Bummer!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cunningham, Gerald [mailto:Gerald.Cunningham_at_usi.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 11:08 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: "Does anybody really know what time it is?"
>
>
> does anybody really caaaaaare?
>
> Who woo woo
>
>
> :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:56 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> I want to get the UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) from the
> database without
> having to escape to the O/S or write a stored proc. I want to
> get this time
> in GMT epoch seconds without needing to know what timezone
> the server is in.
> Can't find any Oracle supplied package for this and I'm appalled.
>
> My current medulla oblongata init.ora setting is clues = 0.
>
> Suggestions?
>
>
> Steve Orr
> Bozeman, MT
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