How to fix the Oracle error ORA-39361: Source time zone is string and target time zone is string.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-39361: Source time zone is string and target time zone is string. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-39361: Source time zone is string and target time zone is string.

Reason for the Error ORA-39361: Source time zone is string and target time zone is string.

The time zone of the source database is different than the time zone of the target database.

How to fix the Error ORA-39361: Source time zone is string and target time zone is string. ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Tables containing TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE data cannot be imported with transportable tablespace technology when time zones are different between the export and target databases. All affected tables will be reported during the import job and will not be created. If any are reported, convert the target database to the same time zone as the source or use Oracle Data Pump with conventional data movement to export then import the affected tables.