Re: sql query

From: <nlzanen1_at_EY.NL>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 02:50:48 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.002DF4D8.20010403022049@fatcity.com>

sysdate - 1 is sysdate minus one day
sysdate - 1/24 is sysdate minus 1 hour
sysdate - 1/24/60 is sysdate minus 1 minute = sysdate -1/(24*60)
sysdate - 1/24/60/60 is sysdate minus 1 second = sysdate - 1/(24*60*60) =
sysdate - 1/(24*3600)


                                                                                       
                          
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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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