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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