Definition:
INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH is an interval literal that stores a period of time using the YEAR and MONTH datetime fields.
An interval literal specifies a period of time, and Oracle supports two types of interval literals: YEAR TO MONTH and DAY_TO_SECOND. You can specify these differences in terms of years and months, or in terms of days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Each type contains a leading field and may contain an optional trailing field.
Note that when specifying a trailing field it must be less significant than the leading field. For example, INTERVAL '0-1' MONTH TO YEAR is not valid. Also note that YEAR TO MONTH performs implicit rounding to nearest value. Since you can't store a partial month in the YEAR TO MONTH interval, it will round the months if you have a partial month.
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