Re: subtract minute from date/time

To subtract a minute you can do it this way

 select to_char(sysdate,'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:mi:ss') ,  to_char((sysdate - 1/(24*60)),'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:mi:ss')  from dual;

Hope this answers your query

John Dunn <john.dunn_at_sefas.co.uk>
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I want to subtract a minute from a date/time

How can I do this?

John

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