Oracle Timestamp, Max and Minimal Values

Question

I was searching, also in the Oracle Doc, for the following:

• What is the range for Timestamp in Oracle?

I know for date it is -4712, Jan-01 to 9999 Dec-31, but what for Timestamp?

Anyone a clue or hint where I can search?

Answer 1

You can always just try it:

SQL> select to_timestamp( '9999-12-31 23:59:59', 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss' ) from dual;

TO_TIMESTAMP('9999-12-3123:59:59','YYYY-MM-DDHH24:MI:SS')
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
31-DEC-99 11.59.59.000000000 PM

and:

SQL> select to_timestamp( '9999-12-31 23:59:59', 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss' )+1 from dual;
select to_timestamp( '9999-12-31 23:59:59', 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss' )+1 from dual
                                                                     *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01841: (full) year must be between -4713 and +9999, and not be 0