Hi eh171 - don't know if this is any help as background info.
SQL date datatype includes time as default - convert it to a string using a format such as 'HH24:MI:SS' (eg. using TO_CHAR() or similar) to see the time.
If you are retrieving a string, you may be missing the (optional) date.
Just a thought.
If I'm completely on the wrong track, can you give an extract of you code ?