You can also use the DDD date format. SQL> select to_date ('1', 'DDD') as first_of_year, 2 to_date ('2', 'DDD') as second_of_year, 3 to_date ('100', 'DDD') as hundredth_of_year 4 from dual ; FIRST_OF_YEAR SECOND_OF_YEAR HUNDREDTH_OF_YEAR -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- 2005/01/01 00:00:00 2005/01/02 00:00:00 2005/04/10 00:00:00 -----Original Message----- Jaffar_DBA Could any one give me the script or sql for the following requirements: If I need to know the 100th day of this year, like, If I pass value 100, want to extract the 100th day of the given year. Sunday 21, March, 2005. something like that. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l