Well I
say,
that
is also the case on Tru64 as well.
How
pedantic is UNIX ??
-Original Message-From: Brian McGraw
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 19 December 2001
16:16To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject:
Mabye OT: Was Re: Different clocks for different
Brian McGraw wrote:
Speaking of the system clock, here's something interesting that I
stumbled across a few years back...
Background: For those of you who may not know, the Julian calendar
was abandoned by England, in favor of the Gregorian calendar, in 1752
because of date
Oracle uses the original start date of the Gregorian calendar in October
1582:
1* select to_date('04-OCT-1582'), to_date('04-OCT-1582')+1 from dual
devp /
TO_DATE('04-OCT-1582 TO_DATE('04-OCT-1582
04-OCT-1582 00:00:00 15-OCT-1582 00:00:00
Ben
Wel. I feel enlightened.
And more secure! Now the Y1752 / Y1582 bugs won't bite me either! : )
Schilling, Ben wrote:
Oracle uses the original start date of the Gregorian calendar in October
1582:
1* select to_date('04-OCT-1582'), to_date('04-OCT-1582')+1 from dual
devp
of list ORACLE-LSubject:
RE: Mabye OT: Was Re: Different clocks for different
instances.
Well
I say,
that
is also the case on Tru64 as well.
How
pedantic is UNIX ??
-Original Message-From: Brian McGraw
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 19 December
