How can we convert timestamp to date?
The table has a field, start_ts which is of the timestamp format:
'05/13/2016 4:58:11.123456 PM'
I need to query the table and find the maximum and min timestamp in the table but I'm not able to.
Select max(start_ts)
from db
where cast(start_ts as date) = '13-may-2016'
But the query is not returning any values.
Please help me in finding the max timestamp for a date.
CAST(timestamp_expression AS DATE)
For example, The query is : SELECT CAST(SYSTIMESTAMP AS DATE) FROM dual;
Try using TRUNC and TO_DATE instead
WHERE
TRUNC(start_ts) = TO_DATE('2016-05-13', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
Alternatively, you can use >= and < instead to avoid use of function in the start_ts column:
WHERE
start_ts >= TO_DATE('2016-05-13', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
AND start_ts < TO_DATE('2016-05-14', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
Format like this while selecting:
to_char(systimestamp, 'DD-MON-YYYY')
Eg:
select to_char(systimestamp, 'DD-MON-YYYY') from dual;
If the datatype is timestamp then the visible format is irrelevant.
You should avoid converting the data to date or use of to_char. Instead compare the timestamp data to timestamp values using TO_TIMESTAMP()
WHERE start_ts >= TO_TIMESTAMP('2016-05-13', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
AND start_ts < TO_TIMESTAMP('2016-05-14', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
You can try the simple one
select to_date('2020-07-08T15:30:42Z','yyyy-mm-dd"T"hh24:mi:ss"Z"') from dual;
You can use:
select to_date(to_char(date_field,'dd/mm/yyyy')) from table
I'd go with the following:
Select max(start_ts)
from db
where trunc(start_ts) = date'13-may-2016'
If you have milliseconds in the date string, you can use the following.
select TO_TIMESTAMP(SUBSTR('2020-09-10T09:37:28.378-07:00',1,23), 'YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24:MI:SS:FF3')From Dual;
And then convert it to Date with:
select trunc(TO_TIMESTAMP(SUBSTR('2020-09-10T09:37:28.378-07:00',1,23), 'YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24:MI:SS:FF3')) From Dual;
It worked for me, hope it will help you as well.
This may not be the correct way to do it. But I have solved the problem using substring function.
Select max(start_ts), min(start_ts)from db where SUBSTR(start_ts, 0,9) ='13-may-2016'
using this I was able to retrieve the max and min timestamp.
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I currently have the following Problem, working on an Oracle Database:
I have 2 columns of an appointment I want to read: date_from and date_to. They have both DateTime as the datatype.
I need to adjust the time of the value though (and only the time, the date should stay the same).
date_from for example contains 10.10.2017 14:21:00 as a value,
but should be changed to the "start of the day" --> 10.10.2017 00:00:00
date_to for example contains 11.10.2017 11:47:00 as a value,
but should be changed to the "end of the day" --> 10.10.2017 23:59:59
Is this somehow possible to manipulate it this way? I can not do an Update or permanent change to the data. This Format is only needed for a Gantt Diagramm, I dont have an other way to change it.
Thank you in Advance!
Yes, you can achieve that with Oracle's TO_DATE and TO_CHAR functions. It will only depend if you need the result as a DATE or as a VARCHAR. The syntax would look like this for VARCHAR output:
TO_CHAR(date_from, 'DD.MM.YY') || ' 00:00:00'
TO_CHAR(date_to, 'DD.MM.YY') || ' 23:59:59'
If you need the DATE value from this, just add the TO_DATE funtion around it:
TO_DATE((TO_CHAR(date_from, 'DD.MM.YY') || ' 00:00:00'), 'DD.MM.YY HH24:MI:SS')
TO_DATE((TO_CHAR(date_to, 'DD.MM.YY') || ' 23:59:59'), 'DD.MM.YY HH24:MI:SS')
I did not test it, but it's pretty much it.
Does this helps?
Cheers
Nikao
If you need to show the result, try this:
select to_char(date_from, 'DD.MM.YYYY') ||' 00:00:00' as date_from,
to_char(date_to, 'DD.MM.YYYY') ||' 23:59:59' as date_to
from table_name
But you may need to compare intervals. In this case, you could discarts the time using trunc function:
select *
from table_dates t,
other_table o
where trunc(o.some_date) between trunc(t.date_from) and trunc(t.date_to)
UPD: First, I did an implicit conversion of dates to string using TRUNC. But it can lead to inexpected result. Instead, explicitly use TO_CHAR with the format model you are expecting for your output and you do not need to use TRUNC. (Thank you #MT0 )
So you want to return the start and end of the day?
select trunc(start_date) as day_start, -- Strips off the time part of the date
trunc(end_date) + 1 - (1/86400) as day_end -- As above, but we add 1 day and minus 1 second
from My_Table
Also, Oracle has date formats of Date and Timestamp, no datetime
this might be some help to you:
SELECT to_char(current_timestamp,'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss') FROM dual;
SELECt trunc(current_timestamp)||' 23:59:59' FROM dual;
Given a TIMESTAMP(4) column, what is the correct way to select only the date and ignore the time.
For example, a select on a timestamp field containing
22:07:2015:17:55:07
would return
22:07:2015:00:00:00
Thanks
select to_char(trunc(systimestamp),'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') from dual;
I have a date column in a table stored as MM/DD/YYYY format. I have to select and store the same date in another table in YYYY-MM-DD format i.e. XSD Date Format. But I am not able to do it. I am using this query:
select to_date(date_column,'YYYY-MM-DD') from table;
But still I am not able to do it. Giving me error
ORA-01843 : not a valid month
use
select to_char(date_column,'YYYY-MM-DD') from table;
It sounds like you've got it the wrong way round. If your existing data is in MM/DD/YYYY format, then you want:
select to_date(date_column,'MM/DD/YYYY') from table;
to convert the existing data to DATE values. (I do wonder why they're not stored as dates, to be honest...)
If you want to perform the conversion in one step, you might want:
select to_char(to_date(date_column,'MM/DD/YYYY'), 'YYYY-MM-DD') from table;
In other words, for each row, parse it in MM/DD/YYYY format, then reformat it to YYYY-MM-DD format.
(I'd still suggest trying to keep data in its "natural" type though, rather than storing it as text in the first place.)
I assume that you can use the Oracle SQL Developer, which you can download from here.
You can define the date format which you want to work with:
ALTER SESSION SET nls_date_format='yyyy-mm-dd';
With this, now you can perform a query like this:
SELECT * FROM emp_company WHERE JDate = '2014-02-25'
If you want to be more specific you can define the date format like this:
ALTER SESSION SET nls_date_format='yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss';
To convert a DATE column to another format, just use TO_CHAR() with the desired format, then convert it back to a DATE type:
SELECT TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(date_column, 'DD-MM-YYYY'), 'DD-MM-YYYY') from my_table
select to_date(to_char(ORDER_DATE,'YYYY/MM/DD'))
from ORDERS;
This might help but, at the end you will get a string not the date. Apparently,
your format problem will get solved for sure .
For military time formatting,
select TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mm:ss') from DUAL
--2018-07-10 15:07:15
If you want your date to round DOWN to Month, Day, Hour, Minute, you can try
SELECT TO_CHAR( SYSDATE, 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') "full-date" --2018-07-11 10:40:26
, TO_CHAR( TRUNC(SYSDATE, 'year'), 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') "trunc-to-year"-- 2018-01-01 00:00:00
, TO_CHAR( TRUNC(SYSDATE, 'month'), 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') "trunc-to-month" -- 2018-07-01 00:00:00
, TO_CHAR( TRUNC(SYSDATE, 'day'), 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') "trunc-to-Sunday" -- 2018-07-08 00:00:00
, TO_CHAR( TRUNC(SYSDATE, 'dd'), 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') "trunc-to-day" -- 2018-07-11 00:00:00
, TO_CHAR( TRUNC(SYSDATE, 'hh'), 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') "trunc-to-hour" -- 2018-07-11 10:00:00
, TO_CHAR( TRUNC(SYSDATE, 'mi'), 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') "trunc-to-minute" -- 2018-07-11 10:40:00
from DUAL
For formats literals, you can find help in
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28286/functions242.htm#SQLRF52037
You can do this simply by :
select to_char(to_date(date_column, 'MM/DD/YYYY'), 'YYYY-MM-DD') from table
According to the comments, the data-type in the datatable is DATE.
So you should simply use:
"select date_column from table;"
Now if you execute the select you will get back a date data-type, which should be what you need for the .xsd.
Culture-dependent formating of the date should be done in the GUI (most languages have convenient ways to do so), not in the select-statement.
Basically , Data in a Date column in Oracle can be stored in any user defined format or kept as default.
It all depends on NLS parameter.
Current format can be seen by : SELECT SYSDATE FROM DUAL;
If you try to insert a record and insert statement is NOT in THIS format then it will give :
ORA-01843 : not a valid month error.
So first change the database date format before insert statements ( I am assuming you have bulk load of insert statements) and then execute insert script.
Format can be changed by :
ALTER SESSION SET nls_date_format = 'mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi:ss';
Also You can Change NLS settings from SQL Developer GUI , (Tools > preference> database > NLS)
Ref: http://oracle.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/oracle-sql-l/how-to-view-current-date-format-1992815
This worked for me! You can convert to datatype you want be it a date or string
to_char(TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(end_date),'MM-DD-YYYY'),'YYYY-MM-DD') AS end_date
Late reply but for.databse-date-type the following line works.
SELECT to_date(t.given_date,'DD/MM/RRRR') response_date FROM Table T
given_date's column type is Date
Just to piggy back off of Yahia, if you have a timestamp you can use this function to cast exclusively as date, removing the timestamps.
TO_CHAR(CAST(DateTimeField AS DATE), 'YYYY-MM-DD') AS TrackerKey__C
Or in my case I need the below format
TO_CHAR(CAST(DateTimeField AS DATE), 'YYYYMMDD') AS TrackerKey__C
SELECT TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(date_column,'MM/DD/YYYY'), 'YYYY-MM-DD')
FROM table;
if you need to change your column output date format just use to_char this well get you a string, not a date.
use
SELECT STR_TO_DATE(date_column,'%Y-%m-%d') from table;
also gothrough
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/date-and-time-functions.html
Currently I'm using MyTimeStampField-TRUNC(MyTimeStampField) to extract the time part from a timestamp column in Oracle.
SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP-TRUNC(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) FROM DUAL
This returns
+00 13:12:07.100729
This works OK for me, to extract the time part from a timestamp field, but I'm wondering if there is a better way (may be using a built-in function of ORACLE) to do this?
What about EXTRACT() function?
You could always do something like:
select TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'hh24:mi:ss'),'hh24:mi:ss') from dual
I believe this will work with timestamps as well.
You want just date then use
to_char(cast(SYSDATE as date),'DD-MM-YYYY')
and if you want just time then use
to_char(cast(SYSDATE as date),'hh24:mi:ss')
the parameters are making all the changed
'DD-MM-YYYY'
and
'hh24:mi:ss'
This may help:
Select EXTRACT(HOUR FROM (SYSDATE - trunc(sysdate)) DAY TO SECOND ) From dual;
select TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'hh24:mi:ss'),'hh24:mi:ss') from dual
This gives the timestamp for 1hour less than the actual.
select hour(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)
I'm trying to retrieve records from table by knowing the date in column contains date and time.
Suppose I have table called t1 which contains only two column name and date respectively.
The data stored in column date like this 8/3/2010 12:34:20 PM.
I want to retrieve this record by this query for example (note I don't put the time):
Select * From t1 Where date="8/3/2010"
This query give me nothing !
How can I retrieve date by knowing only date without the time?
DATE is a reserved keyword in Oracle, so I'm using column-name your_date instead.
If you have an index on your_date, I would use
WHERE your_date >= TO_DATE('2010-08-03', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
AND your_date < TO_DATE('2010-08-04', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
or BETWEEN:
WHERE your_date BETWEEN TO_DATE('2010-08-03', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
AND TO_DATE('2010-08-03 23:59:59', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')
If there is no index or if there are not too many records
WHERE TRUNC(your_date) = TO_DATE('2010-08-03', 'YYYY-MM-DD')
should be sufficient. TRUNC without parameter removes hours, minutes and seconds from a DATE.
If performance really matters, consider putting a Function Based Index on that column:
CREATE INDEX trunc_date_idx ON t1(TRUNC(your_date));
Personally, I usually go with:
select *
from t1
where date between trunc( :somedate ) -- 00:00:00
and trunc( :somedate ) + .99999 -- 23:59:59
Convert your date column to the correct format and compare:
SELECT * From my_table WHERE to_char(my_table.my_date_col,'MM/dd/yyyy') = '8/3/2010'
This part
to_char(my_table.my_date_col,'MM/dd/yyyy')
Will result in string '8/3/2010'
You could use the between function to get all records between 2010-08-03 00:00:00:000 AND 2010-08-03 23:59:59:000
trunc(my_date,'DD') will give you just the date and not the time in Oracle.
Simply use this one:
select * from t1 where to_date(date_column)='8/3/2010'
Try the following way.
Select * from t1 where date(col_name)="8/3/2010"