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Ability to retrieve Server Current UTC/GMT Timestamp [CORE909] #1308
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Commented by: ohenri (ohenri) Yes this would be very useful especially when using distributed databases on several time zones. Actually, a UDF needs to be used. |
Modified by: @pcisarWorkflow: jira [ 11173 ] => Firebird [ 15320 ] |
Commented by: Thomas Braun (cew3) Firebird is an excellent alternative to MS SQL Server. We want our customers with offices around the world to work on several Firebird servers. If you want to replace MS servers in a global business, you have to offer functions needed in global scenarios. So please, set the priority to major and find a guy who is willing to implement this "small" function. Thank you! cew3 |
Commented by: Stefan Heymann (stefanheymann) This issue seems to be the same as CORE694, which has "Major" priority. |
Modified by: @dyemanovFix Version: 4.0 Beta 1 [ 10750 ] |
Modified by: @dyemanovassignee: Adriano dos Santos Fernandes [ asfernandes ] |
Submitted by: Adam Gardner (s3057043)
Votes: 21
Working with Timestamp operations across various countries and states, I am constantly dealing with problems relating to LocalTime vs UTC Time. The include different Timezones and Daylight Savings Time rules.
Firebird currently supports the build in functions
NOW
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
These functions return the local time as per the server. It would be quite useful to also include:
NOWUTC
CURRENT_TIMESTAMPUTC
which would behave exactly as per their local time counterparts. This would allow Firebird databases to better handle daylight savings time and multiple timezones without requiring UDFs.
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