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Using SYSTIMESTAMP

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Using SYSTIMESTAMP

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- [Instructor] In addition to Oracle's sysdate function, which allows us to retrieve the current date and time, as we saw in our previous video, Oracle also provides a systimestamp function, which allows us to view the current timestamp in the database. Systimestamp provides much higher granularity or precision when compared to just sysdate. Let's see it in action. We'll type select systimestamp from dual. Running this query will show us the current timestamp of the Oracle database. Running this query again will provide us with an updated value. Note the high level of precision or granularity, of the exact timestamp provided by this function. Let's compare it to sysdate. So I'll type comma to char sysdate comma quote and the formatting string, DD, MM and a four digit year format, followed by the time format. Running a query will show us a comparison between the value generated by systimestamp and the value generated by sysdate. Again, note the increased precision and granularity of…

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