Which version/platform? I have a patch-neglected 10.1.0.3 running on Solaris 8, and the alert log seems just fine. Joe Cooper Senior Oracle DBA Dep't of Veteran Affairs Austin Automation Center Austin, TX Jay.Miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: In boxes we didn?t bother to patch or restart (no timezone datatypes, etc.) while the sysdate is showing correctly the alert log is displaying the old time. Does anyone have a fix for this other than restarting the database (that works but there are some that we can?t restart until the weekend)? Jay Miller Sr. Oracle DBA x68355 --------------------------------- 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with theYahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut.