Thanks to all who responded. Sure, I meant Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). After all, there seems no simple way to get UTC in PL/SQL, i.e. without a switch-over table for daylight saving time, although at least UNIX-like operating systems use UTC internally and POSIX conformant systems should have the C function gmtime(). In order to avoid OS dependecies / installation problems I'd like to avoid any foreign language ( from the PL/SQL point of view ) modules; well, er ..except if someone had a Java snippet ... ;) Now I'll probably have to resort to the method I wanted to avoid: Write a PL/SQL function and use a switch-over table, which has to be maintained by hand - sigh... Thanks again for your replies, I really did not expect so many responses. Regards Andreas > ---------- > Von: Haunschmidt Andreas VASL/FAS[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. April 2001 17:45 > An: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Betreff: function to get GMT time > > Hi ! > > Is there a way to get GMT time within PL/SQL independent from > the local time(zone), I'm looking for a function similar to SYSDATE, > but it should return GMT instead of the local time. > > > TIA > > Andreas > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Haunschmidt Andreas VASL/FAS > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Haunschmidt Andreas VASL/FAS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
