
Symptom
You want to check the Oracle shutdown & startup time.
Solution
1. Execute below command for startup time.
SQL> select to_char (startup_time, 'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss') start_time from V$instance; START_TIME -------------------------- 13-may-2013 19:17:59
2. Or this command.
SQL> SELECT startup_time "DB Startup Time" FROM v$instance; DB Startup Time --------------- 13-MAY-13
3. Or below command for both downtime and startup time.
SQL> SELECT SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP(TIMESTAMP_TO_SCN(startup_time)) "DB Shutdown Time" , startup_time "DB Startup Time" FROM v$instance; DB Shutdown Time DB Startup Time ------------------------------ --------------- 13-MAY-13 07.09.30.000000000 PM 13-MAY-13

Nice collection of query to check Oracle Database uptime.