TZ=UTC issue/ question - no response in DBA general forum

Question

Hi All,
Env: Sun SOlaris 8
Database 10.2.0.1.0
a) Introdued an env variable TZ=UTC at OS level
b) I'm able to see the change in SQLPLUS when using BEQ connection:
$ echo $TZ
UTC
$ date
Fri Mar 16 16:37:03 UTC 2007
$ sqlp
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Fri Mar 16 16:36:34 2007
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Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
SQL> select to_char(sysdate,'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') from dual
2 /
TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD-MON-YYYYH
16-MAR-2007 16:37:47
c) However unable to see this change when using LISTENER:
SQL> conn system@<<CONNECTSTRING>>
Enter password:
Connected.
SQL> select to_char(sysdate,'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') from dual
2 /
TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD-MON-YYYYHH24:MI:SS')
16-MAR-2007 10:39:38
d) I did restart LISTENER and also DATABASE.
Did NOT help.
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
Rgds
Natrajan

Answer 1

Assuming that the connect string is aliasing the same database, does the current_timestamp show different time zones for the connections;
select global_name from global_name;
select systimestamp from dual;
select current_timestamp from dual;