Re: Stupid timing question

From: K. Nielsen <nahdsl232734_at_nahvip.cybercity.dk>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:47:59 +0100
Message-ID: <45a6ccac$0$144$157c6196@dreader2.cybercity.dk>

"Richard" <blueghost73_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1168557761.593696.178770_at_p59g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
> Hopefully, this is an easy one. Does Oracle use the system date and
> time from the operating system? Or does it keep track of what day/time
> it is on its own?
>
> We were just discussing this in the office today, because we're
> planning for the changes in Daylight Savings Time in the United States
> this year. It's going to start a month earlier and end a month later
> than it used to. Microsoft is apparently putting out patches for
> Windows so the OS will know to adjust the time by an hour on the right
> days, and we're trying to determine if our SQL and Oracle databases are
> going to be affected at all. We're dealing with Oracle on both Windows
> and Unix servers.
>
> --Richard
>

Search in this group for 'daylight' (post from EscVector) Received on Thu Jan 11 2007 - 17:47:59 CST