Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Does Firebird support DayLight
Author Roland Volkmann
Hello Helen, Daniel, Milan,

> >In environments where events have to be registered correctly (e.g.
police)
> >the
> >terminology 02:01A for the first hour, and 02:01B for the second hour
is used.
> >And such data can't be stored to type TIMESTAMP, right?
>
> On servers where timestamps are crucial, you either
>
> 1) disable the feature to adjust the clock for daylight saving
> or
> 2) install software that calculates GMT. You can hook up to services
on
> the net that do this.
>
> Oh, and what you *don't* do is write client apps that pass the local
> timestamp to the server.

thank you for response and your helpful ideas.
I was not sure this thread would come back to serious answers after all
the jokes at the beginning (original question of Chooi-Ting).


With best regards,

Roland.