CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION uf_timestamp_diff(endtime in TIMESTAMP,starttime in TIMESTAMP) RETURN INTEGER AS str VARCHAR2(50); misecond INTEGER; seconds INTEGER; minutes INTEGER; hours INTEGER; days INTEGER; BEGIN str:=to_char(endtime-starttime); misecond:=to_number(SUBSTR(str,INSTR(str,' ')+10,3)); seconds:=to_number(SUBSTR(str,INSTR(str,' ')+7,2)); minutes:=to_number(SUBSTR(str,INSTR(str,' ')+4,2)); hours:=to_number(SUBSTR(str,INSTR(str,' ')+1,2)); days:=to_number(SUBSTR(str,1,INSTR(str,' '))); RETURN days*24*60*60*1000+hours*60*60*1000+minutes*60*1000+seconds*1000+misecond; END;