Roger, Try using MI as the minute format rather than MM (which is 2 digit month) HTH, Bruce Reardon -----Original Message----- From: Roger Xu Sent: Wednesday, 13 October 2004 7:21 AM Subject: RE: RMAN: backup archivelog until time 'sysdate-2' delete input 'sysdate -2' is different from what I thought it was! Thanks, Brian. SQL> !date Tue Oct 12 15:20:40 CDT 2004 SQL> select to_char(sysdate-2,'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MM:SS') from dual; TO_CHAR(SYSDATE-2,'D -------------------- 10-OCT-2004 15:10:42 SQL> !date Tue Oct 12 15:20:45 CDT 2004 -----Original Message----- From: Spears, Brian [ mailto:BSpears@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 8:41 AM Subject: RE: RMAN: backup archivelog until time 'sysdate-2' delete input ... I used select to_char(sysdate-2,'DD-MON-YY:HH.MM.SS') from dual; when it was run to make sure it was the time range I expected. ... Brian __________________________________________________________________ NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are private and confidential and may contain privileged information. If you are not an authorised recipient, the copying or distribution of this e-mail and any attachments is prohibited and you must not read, print or act in reliance on this e-mail or attachments. This notice should not be removed. __________________________________________________________________ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l