** HELP WITH DATE FUNCTIONS **
From: Ram Rao <ram_at_artecon.com>
Date: 16 Sep 1994 18:06:47 -0700
Message-ID: <35dff7$hjp_at_artecon.artecon.com>
Date: 16 Sep 1994 18:06:47 -0700
Message-ID: <35dff7$hjp_at_artecon.artecon.com>
Hi world
When I do a
SELECT to_date('16-SEP-94 14:12:18','DD-MON-YY HH24:MI:SS') - TO_DATE('12-SEP-94 00:01:32', 'DD-MON-YY HH24:MI:SS')
FROM DUAL
I get the answer as 4.59081019
Now I am confused as to what this 4.59081019 is!
I would appreciate if you can email me at ram_at_artecon.com
thanx
--ram
ps
if this is a RTFM situation, I would appreciate the page numbers please :)
ORACLE 7 on a Sun SPARC 1000 running SunOS 5.3, PL/SQL ver 2.0.17.1.0
Received on Sat Sep 17 1994 - 03:06:47 CEST