Thanks for replying Pando.

As I understood it, ORACLE gets it's date/time from the server it is installed on (Solaris in this case). So, if I change the server time-stamp by one hour, the Oracle sysdate time will be off by that same hour. That has been my understanding/experience.

Now, HOW Oracle converts the "date" parameter on the server-side into sysdate, I have no idea.

I'll check the link you gave me.
thanks.

- Magnus