Who this book is for
There are five main roles and groups that are the target audience of this content:
- Students who need to understand the complexity of data processing, its evolution, date and time definition techniques and aspects, and all the consequences of improper definitions and management.
- Application developers and testers who need to get insights into individual date and time data types, functionalities, conversion and extraction principles, as well as the complexity of region and time-zone references. Beyond that, they will understand the concepts, limitations, and techniques involved in building reliable solutions to be spread to any region or time zone by referring to time-zone synchronization.
- Cloud managers and integrators who need to focus on time-zone shifts with a proper reference for integrating and moving on-premises solutions to the Oracle Cloud environment by gaining the advantages of using autonomous databases and their automated optimization and administration processes.
- Database administrators who need to accept the Oracle Cloud fundamentals, migration perspectives, and overall date and time standardization by helping developers optimize their solutions and the performance of systems. Beyond that, they can cooperate with developers to define solutions that do not allow SQL injection, even for date and time processing.
- Testers who need to grasp the complexity of proper date and time processing, respecting the regional habits and national language parameters to offer universal solutions that are deployable worldwide.
- Naturally, this book is well suited to anyone interested in getting deeper knowledge about date and time processing in Oracle Database to build robust date- and time-oriented applications in Oracle Cloud.
