Time Zone Global Single Instance Multi National Customers

Multi-National, Global Single Instance customers - what time zone setting are you using?

mykalz71 wrote:
Multi-National, Global Single Instance customers - what time zone setting are you using?What is your application release?
Please see these docs.
How To Change Time Zone Of An E-Business Instance [ID 1320286.1]
User Preferred Time Zone Support Guidelines for Applications 11i10CU2 [ID 330075.1]
Timestamps & time zones - Frequently Asked Questions [ID 340512.1]
Thanks,
Hussein

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