Resolving DST Start and DST End

• ROB MORRIS
• Published: 10 May 2001

What if you have a PL/SQL procedure that bases processes on dates and hours, and you need to determine if a date is DST Start or DST End? Use the following built-in functions to capture DST Start and End for your application and apply as you see fit. Just remember the rules: 1) DST_Start is ALWAYS the first SUNDAY of April and 2) DST_End is ALWAYS the last SUNDAY of October.

SELECT NEXT_DAY(TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(V_DATE,'YYYY')||'-03-31','YYYY-MM-DD'),'SUNDAY') INTO dst_start FROM dual;

SELECT NEXT_DAY(TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(V_DATE,'YYYY')||'-10-31','YYYY-MM-DD')-7,'SUNDAY') INTO dst_end FROM dual;

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