sql query

From: Ravindra Basavaraja <ravindra_at_sentica.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 20:40:21 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.002DF2C0.20010402200020@fatcity.com>

I found a query to get the time 5 seconds less than the current time as

select to_char(sysdate-5/(24*3600),'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss') from dual;

I am really not sure as to why 24*3600 is used for.

Can anyone tell me why it is used.

Thanks
Ravindra
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