Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Examples of the to_date function

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)


To see the current system date and time with time zone use CURRENT_DATE function
select sysdate, sysdate+1/24, sysdate +1/1440, sysdate + 1/86400 from dual;

select sysdate NOW, sysdate+30/(24*60*60) NOW_PLUS_30_SECS from dual;
NOW NOW_PLUS_30_SECS
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03-JUL-2005 16:47:23 03-JUL-2005 16:47:53



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