当减去类型TIMESTAMP的两个变量时,您将得到INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND,其中包括多少毫秒和/或微秒,具体取决于平台。如果数据库在Windows上运行,systimestamp通常会有毫秒。如果数据库在Unix上运行,systimestamp通常会有微秒。
1 select systimestamp - to_timestamp( '2012-07-23', 'yyyy-mm-dd' )
2* from dual
SQL> /
SYSTIMESTAMP-TO_TIMESTAMP('2012-07-23','YYYY-MM-DD')
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+000000000 14:51:04.339000000
您可以使用EXTRACT函数提取INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND的各个元素
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 select extract( day from diff ) days,
2 extract( hour from diff ) hours,
3 extract( minute from diff ) minutes,
4 extract( second from diff ) seconds
5 from (select systimestamp - to_timestamp( '2012-07-23', 'yyyy-mm-dd' ) diff
6* from dual)
SQL> /
DAYS HOURS MINUTES SECONDS
---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
0 14 55 37.936
然后,您可以将每个组件转换为毫秒并将其添加
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 select extract( day from diff )*24*60*60*1000 +
2 extract( hour from diff )*60*60*1000 +
3 extract( minute from diff )*60*1000 +
4 round(extract( second from diff )*1000) total_milliseconds
5 from (select systimestamp - to_timestamp( '2012-07-23', 'yyyy-mm-dd' ) diff
6* from dual)
SQL> /
TOTAL_MILLISECONDS
------------------
53831842
然而,通常,使用INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND表示或者具有用于小时,分钟,秒等的单独列,而不是计算两个TIMESTAMP值之间的总毫秒数更为有用。