NUMTODSINTERVAL

Converts a number or expression to an INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND type.

SQL syntax

NUMTODSINTERVAL (Expression1, IntervalUnit)

Parameters

NUMTODSINTERVAL has the parameters:

Parameter	Description
Expression1	The argument can be any NUMBER value or an expression that can be implicitly converted to a NUMBER value.
IntervalUnit	One of the string constants: 'DAY', 'HOUR', 'MINUTE', or 'SECOND'.

Examples

Example using NUMTODSINTERVAL with SYSDATE:

Command> SELECT SYSDATE + NUMTODSINTERVAL(20,'SECOND') FROM dual;
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