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Oracle to_date usage
Oracle Tips by Burleson Consulting |
The Oracle to_date function is used to change a
test string (or variable) into an internal date format. The
to_date function is usually used in SQL when storing into
the database.
Insert into
mytab (date_col) values to_date(string,format);
Examples of the to_date function might include:
to_date('10-12-06','MM-DD-YY')
to_date('jan
2007','MON YYYY')
to_date('2007/05/31','YYYY/MM/DD')
to_date('12-31-2007 12:15','MM-DD-YYYY HH:MI')
to_date('2006,091,00:00:00' , 'YYYY,DDD,HH24:MI:SS')
to_date('15-may-2006 06:00:01','dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss')
to_date('022002','mmyyyy')
to_date('12319999','MMDDYYYY')
to_date(substr( collection_started,1,12),'DD-MON-YY HH24')
to_date('2004/10/14 21', 'yyyy/mm/dd hh24')
TO_DATE(First_Load_Time, 'yyyy-mm-dd/hh24:mi:ss'))*24*60)
The docs show us the different format masks for
the to_date function:
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