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SYSDATE different from AIX DATE command

Asked by jrollins138 in Oracle Database

Tags: AIX SYSDATE TIMEZONE TZ

I'm having a problem with SYSDATE not returning the correct value. I'm running Oracle 9i on an IBM RS/6000 running AIX 5.2. I'm pretty sure the problem relates to how AIX/Oracle are handling the switch to daylight savings time (I'm in the US).

The command I'm running is "SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'mm/dd/yyyy hh:mi:ss') from dual;"

When I run this command using SQL*Plus on the RS/6000, I get "10/29/2009 09:28:59"
When I run "date" from the AIX command prompt, I get "Thu Oct 29 09:28:59 CDT 2009"
When I run this command using SQL*Plus on a Windows 98 PC, I get "10/29/2009 08:28:59"

The correct time is 09:28:59.

The timezone variable on the RS/6000 is "CST6CDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0".

This problem surfaced about three days ago.

Can you tell me why the PC is returning a time 1 hour earlier than it should be?

Thanks,

Im

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SYSDATE different from AIX DATE command

Asked by jrollins138 in Oracle Database

Tags: AIX SYSDATE TIMEZONE TZ

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