Re: How to get time from Oracle?

USE 'MI' instead of 'MM'

Jagjot

Jimmy wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I want to get system time from the Oracle. I use "select
> to_char(sysdate, 'HH:MM:SS') from dual" in the SQL*PLUS. The first
> result was "02:02:50". Later, I typed the above command again and the
> result was "02:02:55". However, when I typed the command a few second
> later, the result was "02:02:02". Why the system time seems running in
> cycle? Also, is the sysdate function get time from the UNIX OS? (Oracle
> is running on UNIX) If I want to change the system time in Oracle, how
> can I do that?
>
> THanks,
> Jimmy
Received on Thu Feb 19 1998 - 00:00:00 CST