Change control query syntax?

I'm working on an OAE system where I need to extract a list of all changed components, based on date-last-updated.
Is there a wwv_xxx query that will extract all changes after a particular date-time?

Hi Vicas,
Very helpful. Thanks!
Michael Cunningham made this script to list-off all changed components after a specific date, and this can now be placed into a shell script:
select t.audit_date,
       decode
( t.audit_action,
'I', 'Create',
'D', 'Delete',
'Change' ) audit_action,
       t.flow_user,
       t.flow_id,
       f.name application_name,
       t.page_id,
       s.name page_name,
       t.flow_table,
       t.flow_table_pk
from   wwv_flow_steps s,
       wwv_flows f,
       wwv_flow_builder_audit_trail t
where  f.id = t.flow_id
and    s.flow_id = t.flow_id
and    s.id = t.page_id
and    t.audit_date > :migcheck_last_prod_migration_datetime
order by t.audit_date desc;

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