HI All, I'm trying to compare the local and remote timestamps to assess the time offset between 2 DBs, but this query gives the local timestamp only: SQL> select systimestamp local_time, (select systimestamp from dual@REMOTE_DB) remote_time from dual; LOCAL_TIME --------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMOTE_TIME --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18-JUN-14 07.00.06.611471 AM -05:00 18-JUN-14 07.00.06.611471 AM -05:00 Can anyone suggest a way to retrieve the current timestamp from a remote DB over DB Link? --- Maris Elsins @MarisElsins <https://twitter.com/MarisElsins> www.facebook.com/maris.elsins