SQL Query...number to time

Question

Hi,
I want to know how to a convert number (say, 54678) into hh:mi:ss format.
Any help.
Thanks.

Answer 1

You can test/troubleshoot it. This may or may not be perfect, you need to reverse engineer it and find (any) mistakes/logic errors. Hint: there is one.
set serveroutput on
create or replace procedure get_time (sod in number) as
  v_diff number;
  v_current number;
  v_date date;
begin
  v_current := to_number(to_char(sysdate,'SSSSS'));
--  dbms_output.put_line('v_current is '||v_current);
  v_diff := v_current - sod;
--  dbms_output.put_line('v_diff is '||v_diff);
  --evaluate the difference
  if v_diff < 0 then
    --means number of seconds is in the future
    v_date := sysdate - v_diff/86400;
  elsif v_diff > 0 then
    --means sod is in the past
    v_date := sysdate + v_diff/86400;
  else
    --means you got lucky
    v_date := sysdate;
  end if;
  dbms_output.put_line('At the tone, the time is '||to_char(v_date,'HH:MI:SS PM'));
end;
exec get_time(54678);
At the tone, the time is 03:11:18 PM
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.Message was edited by:
stevencallan
Message was edited by:
stevencallan