有了这个函数,可以进行时间的计算,包括天,时,分,秒的计算。
oracle reference:
In the SQL format, days is an integer between 0 and 999999999, hours is an integer between 0 and 23, and minutes and seconds are integers between 0 and 59. frac_secs is the fractional part(小数部分) of seconds between .0 and .999999999. One or more blanks separate days from hours. Additional blanks are allowed between format elements.
Examples:
The following example uses the SQL format to select from the hr.employees table the employees who had worked for the company for at least 100 days on November 1, 2002:
SELECT employee_id, last_name FROM employees
WHERE hire_date + TO_DSINTERVAL('100 00:00:00')
<= DATE '2002-11-01'
ORDER BY employee_id;
EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME
----------- ---------------
102 De Haan
203 Mavris
204 Baer
205 Higgins
206 Giet