RE: Use of CURRENT_DATE vs SYSDATE and DST

  • From: "Allen, Brandon" <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:21:05 -0700

DST

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx



Why did adding 1 second go to 1:59, and adding 2 seconds go to 3:00? 

 

 

 

 SQL> /

TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'MM TO_CHAR(CURRENT_DAT

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03/22/2007 13:34:24 03/22/2007 13:34:25
SQL> select to_timestamp_tz('20070311 01:59:58 US/EASTERN','YYYYMMDD
HH24:MI:SS TZR') + TO_DSINTERVAL('0 00:00:01') from dual;
11-MAR-07 01.59.59.000000000 AM US/EASTERN

SQL> select to_timestamp_tz('20070311 01:59:58 US/EASTERN','YYYYMMDD
HH24:MI:SS TZR') + TO_DSINTERVAL('0 00:00:02') from dual;
11-MAR-07 03.00.00.000000000 AM US/EASTERN


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