SQL*Workshop Showing Time in UTC Instead of Correct Timezone (Doc ID 2771006.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

ACTUAL BEHAVIOR
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As sys/sysdba, APEX_XXXXXX, and parsing schema, the following statement returns the time in the server time zone:
SQL> select to_char(sysdate, 'DD-MON-YY HH:MI PM') from dual;
10-APR-21 10:15 AM

Running the following command in SQL*Workshop returns the time in UTC:
select to_char(sysdate, 'DD-MON-YY HH:MI PM') from dual;
10-APR-21 06:15 AM

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR
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Running the following command in SQL*Workshop should return the time in the server time zone.:
select to_char(sysdate, 'DD-MON-YY HH:MI PM') from dual;

10-APR-21 10:15 AM

STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Run the following command in SQL*Workshop: select to_char(sysdate, 'DD-MON-YY HH:MI PM') from dual;

Changes

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Cause

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