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Thats our way as well. But our reasoning is mostly due to
international sevice and everything is tighed up to GMT.
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:32:57 -0500, Pakhutkin, Maxim (Max)
<maxim.pakhutkin_at_paetec.com> wrote:
> I have a possibly stupid question. Wouldn't using UTC for the =
> OS/Hardware clock eliminate the head-ache? I always choose UTC when =
> installing Linux on machines, but I don't have much experience with =
> Unix, so this may not even be possible. I also don't know if Oracle =
> converts UTC to local time zone before handling the values returned from =
> the system call. So my question may be completely misguided. But I would =
> appreciate receiving any and all enlightenment on the issue. Thanks.
>
> Max
-- Best regards, Alex Gorbachev -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Fri Feb 25 2005 - 16:43:24 CST