diff --git a/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/db/driver/GXDBMSdameng.java b/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/db/driver/GXDBMSdameng.java
index 7435838ee..b178aff61 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/db/driver/GXDBMSdameng.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/db/driver/GXDBMSdameng.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public void onConnection(GXConnection con) {
 	}
 	
 	public java.util.Date serverDateTime(GXConnection con) throws SQLException {
-		ResultSet rslt = con.getStatement("_ServerDT_", "SELECT LOCALTIMESTAMP()", false).executeQuery();
+		ResultSet rslt = con.getStatement("_ServerDT_", "SELECT CAST(LOCALTIMESTAMP() AS TIMESTAMP)", false).executeQuery();
 		
 		rslt.next();
 		Date value = rslt.getTimestamp(1);
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/db/driver/GXDBMSoracle7.java b/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/db/driver/GXDBMSoracle7.java
index 7f7bf4d0d..ef04104da 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/db/driver/GXDBMSoracle7.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/com/genexus/db/driver/GXDBMSoracle7.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import java.sql.*;
 import java.util.Date;
 
+import com.genexus.Application;
 import com.genexus.CommonUtil;
 
 public class GXDBMSoracle7 implements GXDBMS
@@ -127,7 +128,10 @@ public void onConnection(GXConnection con)
 	
 	public java.util.Date serverDateTime(GXConnection con) throws SQLException
 	{
-		ResultSet rslt = con.getStatement("_ServerDT_", "SELECT SYSTIMESTAMP FROM DUAL", false).executeQuery();
+		String sqlSentence = "SELECT SYSTIMESTAMP FROM DUAL";
+		if (!Application.getClientPreferences().useTimezoneFix())
+			sqlSentence = "SELECT CAST(SYSTIMESTAMP AS TIMESTAMP) FROM DUAL";
+		ResultSet rslt = con.getStatement("_ServerDT_", sqlSentence, false).executeQuery();
 		
 		rslt.next();
 		Date value = rslt.getTimestamp(1);