Thanks Kevin! Your example works, but: I tried ( on 9.2, since I have no access to the 7.3.4 instance; my collegue still has to try it on 7.3.4, but I suppose the same error will happen ): select to_char(new_time(sysdate,'CEST','GMT'),'YYYY-MM-DD-HH24.MI.SS') from dual * ERROR at line 1: ORA-01857: not a valid time zone The problem is, new_time accepts only a few timezones, but unfortunately we have Central European Time here in Austria, additionally the daylight saving madness time switch happens here too. But maybe I can use one of the supported timezones (with daylight saving time), apply an offset in order to get our timezone and use new_time then. I still have to figure out, if the "switching days" of the valid timezones for new_time are the same as in the European Union... <CHAGRIN> Getting UTC Time in Oracle is still a mess, even in 9.2 there is no built in function a la UTCSYSDATE... </CHAGRIN> Andreas -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Kevin Lange Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:38 PM To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: get UTC date in Oracle 7.3.4 How about the NEW_TIME function . Such as : select to_char(new_time(sysdate,'CST','GMT'),'YYYY-MM-DD-HH24.MI.SS') from dual -----Original Message----- From: Andreas.Haunschmidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Andreas.Haunschmidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:26 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: get UTC date in Oracle 7.3.4 Dear List Members! A collegue running Oracle 7.3.4 needs to get the SYSDATE in UTC (GMT), as far as I know, there is no trivial solution to get this done in SQL or PL/SQL only. We would be grateful, if anyone had a solution... Any ideas? Thanks in advance Andreas ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------