Date not changing based on timezone during insert into database...

Question

I have a bpel project that gets data in GMT and insert into a database that's based on EST timezone...for some reason during insert into database, I expect it to reflect the time in EST time, but it's not doing so. It's a standard oracle bpel project and there was no customization to the date input. The following are the details:
input data:
<InvoiceDate>
<GLogDate>20110613213249</GLogDate>
<TZId>UTC</TZId>
<TZOffset>+00:00</TZOffset>
</InvoiceDate>
date I get after transformation:
<ns5:invoiceDate> 2011-06-13T21:32:49 </ns5:invoiceDate>
date that gets inserted into the database:
6/13/2011 9:32:49 PM
Any thoughts as to what's going on? Is this the intended fuctionality or how does it adjust itself to the daylight saving? I thought database itself would handle it in this case.
Thanks,
Amkay

Answer 1

WpgMom --
From your description, it sounds totally like you are using Manually Scheduled tasks, which is not what you should be using in your project.  If you look at the Gantt bars in the Gantt Chart view of your project, if the Gantt bars are a turquoise color,
you are using Manually Scheduled tasks, and that would be the reason that the dates do not automatically calculate for you.  If this is the case, click the Select All button to select every task in the project.  In the Tasks section of your Task
ribbon, click the Auto Schedule button.  From this point forward, your project schedule will automatically recalculate every time you make any kind of schedule edit.
Also, in the lower left corner of the Microsoft Project application window, you will probably see a button that says New Tasks: Manually Scheduled.  Click this button and select the Auto Scheduled option.
To avoid all of these problems in all future projects, click File > Options.  In the Project Options dialog, click the Schedule tab.  In the Scheduling Options for This Project section, click the pick list where you see the name of your project
and select the All New Projects item on the pick list.  Click the New Tasks Created pick list and select the Auto Scheduled option.  Click the OK button.
Hope this helps.
Dale A. Howard [MVP]