SQL> Select sysdate from dual;
SYSDATE
----------
21-6
SQL> Select last_day(sysdate) from dual;
LAST_DAY(S
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30-6
date_value:=add_months(date_value,number_of_months)
SQL> Select add_months(sysdate,2) from dual;
ADD_MONTHS
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21-8
SQL> select months_between(sysdate,to_date('2005-11-12','yyyy-mm-dd'))fromdual;
MONTHS_BETWEEN(SYSDATE,TO_DATE('2005-11-12','YYYY-MM-DD'))
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-4.6966741
SQL> SELECT next_day(to_date('20050620','YYYYMMDD'),1) FROM dual;
NEXT_DAY(T
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26-6
date_value:=current_date
SQL> column sessiontimezone for a15
SQL> select sessiontimezone,current_date from dual;
SESSIONTIMEZONE CURRENT_DA
--------------- ----------
+08:00 13-11
SQL> alter session set time_zone='-11:00' 2 /
SQL> select sessiontimezone,current_timestamp from dual;
SESSIONTIMEZONE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
--------------- ------------------------------------
-11:00 12-11
7SQL> select current_timestamp from dual;
CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
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21-6
8SQL> select dbtimezone from dual;
DBTIME
------
-08:00
9date_value:=extract(date_field from [datetime_value|interval_value])
SQL> select extract(month from sysdate) "This Month" from dual;
This Month
----------
6
SQL> select extract(year from add_months(sysdate,36)) " Years"from dual;
Years
----------
2008
10SQL> select localtimestamp from dual;
LOCALTIMESTAMP
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