Re: Oracle is a time machine!!

Does it have any relation to year 1752 adjustment for leap year?

Try following on unix ......

cal 9 1752

   September 1752
 S M Tu W Th F S

       1 2 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30  

-Rachna

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> Don't believe me?? Try this:
>
> create table test(the_date date);
>
> insert into test values (to_date('10-05-1582','mm-dd-yyyy') );
>
> select to_char(the_date, 'mm/dd/yyyy') from test;
>
> What do you get? :-))
>
> Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP
> Oracle Database Architect
> CSX Midtier Database Administration
> Author of several Oracle books you can find on Amazon.com!
>
> Londo Mollari: Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How
> efficient of you.
>
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