A normalization to DB timezone
SQL> SQL> DECLARE 2 3 v1 DATE; 4 v2 TIMESTAMP; 5 v3 TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE; 6 v4 TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE; 7 8 BEGIN 9 10 11 v4 := TIMESTAMP '2002-11-03 03:00:00 -07:00'; 12 dbms_output.put_line(v4); 13 14 END; 15 / 03-NOV-02 02.00.00.000000 AM PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL>