Subtracting Number of Days from a Date in PL/SQL [duplicate]

Answer 1

Use sysdate-1 to subtract one day from system date.

select sysdate, sysdate -1 from dual;

Output:

SYSDATE  SYSDATE-1
-------- ---------
22-10-13 21-10-13 

Answer 2

simply,

select sysdate-1 from dual

there's a bunch more info and detail here: http://www.orafaq.com/faq/how_does_one_add_a_day_hour_minute_second_to_a_date_value