SQL> select sysdate, sysdate+numtodsinterval(1,'hour') from dual ;

SYSDATE             SYSDATE+NUMTODSINTE
——————- ——————-
2010-10-14 21:38:19 2010-10-14 22:38:19

SQL> select sysdate, sysdate+numtodsinterval(50,'minute') from dual ;

SYSDATE             SYSDATE+NUMTODSINTE
——————- ——————-
2010-10-14 21:39:12 2010-10-14 22:29:12

SQL> select sysdate, sysdate+numtodsinterval(45,'second') from dual ;

SYSDATE             SYSDATE+NUMTODSINTE
——————- ——————-
2010-10-14 21:40:06 2010-10-14 21:40:51

SQL> select sysdate, sysdate+3 from dual ;

SYSDATE             SYSDATE+3
——————- ——————-
2010-10-14 21:40:46 2010-10-17 21:40:46

SQL> select sysdate, add_months(sysdate,4) from dual ;

SYSDATE             ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,
——————- ——————-
2010-10-14 21:41:43 2011-02-14 21:41:43

SQL> select sysdate, add_months(sysdate,12*2) from dual ;

SYSDATE             ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,
——————- ——————-
2010-10-14 21:42:17 2012-10-14 21:42:17

SQL> select sysdate-to_date('20070523 21:23:34′,'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') dt from
dual ;

DT
———-
1240.01623

SQL> SELECT NUMTOYMINTERVAL(MONTHS_BETWEEN(DT1, DT2), ‘month') mon,
2         numtodsinterval(dt1-(add_months(dt2,trunc(MONTHS_BETWEEN(DT1, DT2)))
),'day') DAY
3    FROM (SELECT SYSDATE DT1,
4                 TO_DATE('20070523 21:23:34′, ‘yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') DT2
5          FROM DUAL)
6 ;

MON                  DAY
—————-     ———————-
+000000003-04        +000000021 00:40:15.999999999