Few example on date
FEW EXAMPLES ON “DATE”
SYSDATE --GIVES DATE LIKE 12/12/2012
TO_DATE() --HELPS TO TEXT TO DATE
SYSTIMESTAMP --PRINT DATE AND TIME
SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSTIMESTAMP,'MON-YYYY') FROM DUAL;
SELECT * FROM WWV_FLOW_MONTHS_MONTH;
SELECT SYSTIMESTAMP - INTERVAL '10' DAY FROM DUAL;
SELECT SYSDATE-10 FROM DUAL;
SELECT TO_CHAR (SYSDATE+10, 'FMDAY, DDTH MONTH YYYY') FROM DUAL;
BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (
TO_CHAR (SYSDATE,
'DAY, DDTH MONTH YYYY',
'NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE=SPANISH'));
END;