select date '1997-08-11' - interval '3' month as col_3 : Date Arithmetic « Date Timestamp Functions « Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial






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SQL> select date '1997-08-11' - interval '3' month as col_3
  2  from   dual;

COL_3
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11-MAY-97

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13.26.Date Arithmetic
13.26.1.Using Date Arithmetic
13.26.2.Subtracts two days from August 2, 2003
13.26.3.Subtract one date from another, yielding the number of days between the two dates.
13.26.4.select date '1996-01-29' + interval '1' month as col_1
13.26.5.select date '1997-08-11' - interval '3' month as col_3
13.26.6.Second Tuesday of the Month