>>>>> "Abraham" == Abraham, Danny <danny_abraham@xxxxxxx> writes: Abraham> The problematic code is: Abraham> select date(cm_curr_date) - date(CM_DATE) into diff_days from CMS_SYSPRM; This will always return an integer, unless either the date() cast or the -(date,date) operator have been redefined or modified. Abraham> The fix is: Abraham> select date_part ('day', age( date(cm_curr_date), date(CM_DATE))) into diff_days from CMS_SYSPRM; This doesn't do the same thing, it will give a different result if the dates differ by a month or more. Abraham> The problem: Abraham> How to recreate the problem. (You know - QA). Abraham> Tried changing lc_time, timezone and datestyle .. but nothing Abraham> seems to work None of these things can affect data types. -- Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)