SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP
Purpose
SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP takes as an argument a number that evaluates to a system
change number (SCN), and returns the approximate timestamp associated with that
SCN. The returned value is of TIMESTAMP datatype. This function is useful any time
you want to know the timestamp associated with an SCN. For example, it can be used
in conjunction with the ORA_ROWSCN pseudocolumn to associate a timestamp with the
most recent change to a row.
Examples
The following example uses the ORA_ROWSCN pseudocolumn to determine the system
change number of the last update to a row and uses SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP to convert
that SCN to a timestamp:
SELECT SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP(ORA_ROWSCN) FROM employees
WHERE employee_id = 188;