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ORA-1878 During DST, Timestamp or Timezone Testing (Doc ID 417105.1)

Last updated on JULY 25, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 to 12.1.0.1 [Release 9.2 to 12.1]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
This problem can occur on any platform.

Symptoms

After applying the DST patch or during generic Timestamp with Timezone testing the results for various tests are not returning as expected.

Issuing a query with Timezone data or TZ based functions results in: 

Example



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Changes

Generic testing of Timezone data or Timezone functions or selecting data with a timezone

Cause

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