How can I specify a timezone when calling the CURRENT_TIMESTAMP function in Oracle? Note that I want to do it programmatically and not by setting some environment variable.
Use AT TIME ZONE:
SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' AS utc_time,
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AT TIME ZONE 'PST' AS pst_time
FROM DUAL;
Which outputs:
UTC_TIME
PST_TIME
18-SEP-21 20.02.58.762964 UTC
18-SEP-21 13.02.58.762964 PST
db<>fiddle here
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This is working:
select to_char(current_timestamp AT TIME ZONE 'UTC', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS OF')
But when I am inserting it into a table it is failing with this error:
42804: column "load_time" is of type timestamp with time zone but expression is of type text
The to_char() function outputs a text string.
If you are trying to insert it into a TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE field, then simply refer to:
current_timestamp AT TIME ZONE 'UTC'
How can I convert for example timestamp:
1559347196759
to datetime with time zone 'GMT+2' using PostgreSQL?
I believe this does what you want:
select (timestamp 'epoch' + 1559347196759 * interval '1 millisecond') at time zone '+02:00'
The first expression converts the value to UTC. The second shifts the timezone.
Convert it to a timestamp with time zone (absolute time) and convert it to the appropriate time zone:
SELECT to_timestamp(1559347196759 / 1000.0) AT TIME ZONE '-02';
timezone
-------------------------
2019-06-01 01:59:56.759
(1 row)
I am trying to convert from UTC time zone to GMT time zone.
I ran this below query and getting ORA error.
select NEW_TIME(SYSDATE, 'UTC', 'GMT') from dual;
And error is
Error starting at line : 1 in command -
select NEW_TIME(SYSDATE, 'UTC', 'GMT') from dual
Error report -
ORA-01857: not a valid time zone
I googled and find that NEW_TIME function is not accepting UTC time zone.
So, Can you please suggest me alternate solution/any way to convert from UTC to GMT?
UTC is also known as GMT, the latter which NEW_TIME already accepts. So, what you are trying to is equivalent to:
SELECT NEW_TIME(SYSDATE, 'GMT', 'GMT')
FROM dual;
The call to NEW_TIME doesn't make any sense of course. Check here for a list of accepted timezone codes.
Use FROM_TZ from convert a timestamp without a time zone to a timestamp with time zone (i.e. UTC) and then use AT TIME ZONE 'GMT' to convert it from the first time zone to the GMT time zone. You'll need to use CAST in various places as FROM_TZ expects a TIMESTAMP rather than a DATE and then you need to cast back to a DATE at the end (assuming you don't want a TIMESTAMP value):
SELECT CAST(
FROM_TZ(
CAST( SYSDATE AS TIMESTAMP ),
'UTC'
)
AT TIME ZONE 'GMT'
AS DATE
) As gmt_time
FROM DUAL
Output:
| GMT_TIME |
| :------------------ |
| 2019-04-10T14:05:37 |
db<>fiddle here
in my Oracle DB I have a DATE column where store date values.
All date values are in TimeZone Europe/Berlin. Now the application changes its TimeZone to UTC, this means I need to convert all existing Dates from Europe/Berlin into UTC.
Is there a way to do this natively in Oracle?
Use FROM_TZ( timestampvalue, timezone ) to convert a timestamp to a timestamp at a specific time zone and then you can use AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' to convert it to the UTC time zone and cast it back to a date:
SELECT CAST(
FROM_TZ(
CAST( your_column AS TIMESTAMP ),
'Europe/Berlin'
)
AT TIME ZONE 'UTC'
AS DATE
)
FROM your_table;
I have a date and time variable in TABLE_A that is in GMT. I want to insert this date and time into TABLE_B, but I want the insterted value to be adjusted for time zone and summer/winter time.
That is:
INSERT into TABLE_A (ADJUSTED_DATE_AND_TIME)
SELECT GMT_DATE_AND_TIME [Perform proper adjustments here..?]
FROM TABLE_A
Can I do this? In that case, how do I write ?
Thank.
I think you can simply convert the GMT/UTC time. However, you have to take the full region name of your time zone.
SELECT TIMESTAMP '2014-06-10 12:00:00 +00:00' AT TIME ZONE 'Europe/Zurich' AS summer FROM dual;
SUMMER
---------------------------------------
10.06.2014 14:00:00.000000000 +02:00
SELECT TIMESTAMP '2014-12-10 12:00:00 +00:00' AT TIME ZONE 'Europe/Zurich' AS winter FROM dual;
WINTER
---------------------------------------
10.12.2014 13:00:00.000000000 +01:00
Since your source value is data type DATE you have to do following steps.
Cast DATE to TIMESTAMP
Set Time zone of the value using FROM_TZ
Convert the value to new time zone using AT TIME ZONE '...'
Cast the value to DATE
Written in a single statement it is
select
CAST(FROM_TZ(CAST(sy_sttime AS TIMESTAMP), 'UTC') AT TIME ZONE 'Europe/Zurich' AS DATE)
from sy_request
or a bit less clear
select
CAST((CAST(sy_sttime AS TIMESTAMP) AT TIME ZONE 'UTC') AT TIME ZONE 'Europe/Zurich' AS DATE)
from sy_request