Re: Time problem

dear friend,

I think following sql can help you in finding time diff in min and 
seconds.

for diff. in minutes:
   select (totime - fromtime)*24*60 from tbl;
for diff. in seconds
   select (totime - fromtime)*24*60*60 from tbl;

regards,
Avinash

On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 c.r.farmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote :
> if you minus one date field from one other then you get the time 
> difference
> in days.
>
> like this
>
>   1* create table mydates ( xxx date)
> SQL> /
>
> Table created.
>
> SQL> insert into mydates values ( to_date('02-dec-2002 
> 09:55','dd-mon-yyyy
> hh24:mi'));
>
> 1 row created.
>
> SQL> select sysdate - xxx from mydates;
>
> SYSDATE-XXX
> -----------
>  -.00407407
>
>
> then you can do some formating on the number returned
>
>
>
>
>
>                       waseem altaf
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> [oracle] Time problem
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>
>
> hi
>  i am new to oracle. how i get the difference between two time 
> in query.
>  if two field "fromtime" and "totime" store the  time corecectly 
> and field
> type is date. but problem is how i get the difference between two 
> time any
> seggestion or code
>                            thanks
>
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