UTC Date Format

Question

Hi,
I am facing the following problem.
Say If I use the following select command
select upd_date
from table
where id=123
I get as result => 22.08.07
I know that this result is in UTC Format.
I would like to get the localformat with hour min and sec.
Which function do I have to use for it, to get the local time?
select ?func?( upd_date )
from table
where id=123
Google leads me to SYS_EXTRACT_UTC.
1st of all I can't use it with my column upd_date.
But I think this function is if the stored value would be in localtime
and I would like to get the UTC date time of it. LOCAL => UTC.
I want the opposite version. UTC => LOCAL
thanks for any hint
aykut

Answer 1

unfortunately returns your code the stored date value as is and not the converted localdate.
say, user sets a meeting date via GUI.
user sees the local date, e.g. 31.11.2007 14:01:23
User lives in an area with the timezone UTC +1 e.g. in London,
(the database is set as UTC +1 as timezone)
that means the value is stored as 31.11.2007 15:01:23
The conversion depends on summer and winter time.
So if I submit a SELECT for a stored value: "31.11.2007 14:01:23"
I expect to get "31.11.2007 15:01:23"
With your SQL I get the same value as is in the database.