CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION uf_timestamp_diff(endtime in TIMESTAMP,
starttime in TIMESTAMP)
RETURN INTEGER AS
str VARCHAR2(50);
misecond INTEGER;
seconds INTEGER;
minutes INTEGER;
hours INTEGER;
days INTEGER;
BEGIN
str := to_char(endtime - starttime);
misecond := to_number(SUBSTR(str, INSTR(str, ' ') + 10, 3));
seconds := to_number(SUBSTR(str, INSTR(str, ' ') + 7, 2));
minutes := to_number(SUBSTR(str, INSTR(str, ' ') + 4, 2));
hours := to_number(SUBSTR(str, INSTR(str, ' ') + 1, 2));
days := to_number(SUBSTR(str, 1, INSTR(str, ' ')));
RETURN days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 + hours * 60 * 60 * 1000 + minutes * 60 * 1000 + seconds * 1000 + misecond;
END;