RE: sql query

60 seconds * 60 minutes =3600 secnods per hour. 3600 * 24 hours = 86400 seconds per day.

Scott Shafer
San Antonio, TX
210-581-6217

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> From: Ravindra Basavaraja [SMTP:ravindra_at_sentica.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 11:00 PM
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> Subject: sql query
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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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