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Oracle JDBC 11.2.0.1.0 Driver Generates "ASSERTION BOTCH: NEGATIVE TIME" (Doc ID 1066051.1)

Last updated on MAY 15, 2023

Applies to:

JDBC - Version 11.2.0.1.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms


When executing an insert or update on a DATE field on the database using PreparedStatement, and the value 09/10/2009 23:00 (in the format dd/mm/yyyy hh24:mi),  the JDBC driver throws the following exception

"java.lang.RuntimeException: Assertion botch: negative time"

The problem occurs only when the locale is set to America/Brasilia and connecting to a 9.2.0.8
database. Other database versions higher than 9.2.0.8 do not cause this problem.

Changes

 

Cause

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