system timestamp
SQL> SQL> DECLARE 2 d DATE := SYSTIMESTAMP; 3 t TIMESTAMP(3) := SYSTIMESTAMP; 4 BEGIN 5 dbms_output.put_line('TO_CHAR ['||TO_CHAR(d,'DD-MON-YY HH24:MI:SS')||']'); 6 END; 7 / TO_CHAR [26-OCT-09 09:03:59] PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL>