Package: tzdata Version: 2010o-1 Severity: normal To see the problem (UTC, but no Etc/UTC !) at the Oracle end : $ echo "SELECT * from V\$TIMEZONE_NAMES;" \ | sqlplus -S fhus/fhus@10.11.12.13/f14 \ | grep -i -e utc -e gmt$ \ | sort -u Etc/GMT GMT UTC