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Re: elapsed time

From: Jerry Gitomer <jgitomer_at_hbsrx.com>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 13:39:41 -0400
Message-ID: <7ik79k$7hv$3@autumn.news.rcn.net>


Hi Chris,

    Just subtract the end date from the start date using the appropriate format mask.

regards

Jerry Gitomer



Chris Todd wrote in message ...
>Is this hard to figure or am I just no seeing it?
>
>I have an application that stores the date and time of an event in separate
>date fields. I'm trying to write a report using PL/SQL (and OWS) that
>displays the elapsed time between two events. From a high level, I need to
>subtract the first date/time from the second date/time to get elapsed time.
>I can't seem to figure out how to do this...
>
>
>(Yes, this is a cross-post, because I got no responses from
>comp.databases.oracle)
>
>
Received on Thu May 27 1999 - 12:39:41 CDT

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