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Connor McDonald

Thanks for the question, Ravikanth.

Asked: November 30, 2016 - 9:11 pm UTC

Last updated: December 01, 2016 - 1:13 am UTC

Version: oracle 12c

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Hello AskTom team,

Would this be an issue with Oracle?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem

Thanks!

and Connor said...

Not for the database *directly*, eg

SQL> select sysdate+100000 from dual;

SYSDATE+10
----------
16/09/2290

1 row selected.

SQL> select sysdate+200000 from dual;

SYSDATE+20
----------
01/07/2564

1 row selected.

SQL> select sysdate+500000 from dual;

SYSDATE+50
----------
14/11/3385

1 row selected.


Of course, the database gets it date information from a call to the OS. So if the OS returns garbage it might be an issue, but that would be an OS bug that needs to be resolved.

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