i have a date in oracle with this format DD-MM-YYY and i want to convert it to datetime with this other format DD-MM-YYY HH24:MI how can i proceed?
I've tried this but nothing is working :
to_date(the_date,'DD-MM-YYY HH24:MI')
and also this:
to_date(to_char(date_debut_p),'DD-MM-YYY HH24:MI')
i have a date in oracle with this format DD-MM-YYY and i want to convert it to datetime with this other format DD-MM-YYY HH24:MI
No, you are confused. Oracle does not store dates in the format you see. It is internally stored in 7 bytes with each byte storing different components of the datetime value.
DATE data type always has both date and time elements up to a precision of seconds.
If you want to display, use TO_CHAR with proper FORMAT MODEL.
For example,
SQL> select to_char(sysdate, 'mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi:ss') from dual;
TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'MM
-------------------
11/25/2015 22:25:42
Oracle DATE datatype ALWAYS contains (stores) time.
If you want to see it, you can use function TO_CHAR.
If you want to add, for example, 1 hour, you can just use date_debut_p+1/24.
If you want to covert to timestamp, you can do the following:
Select to_timestamp(date_column, 'DD-MM-YYY') from table;
However, if you want in the required format, you can do the following:
Select to_char(to_timestamp(date_column, 'DD-MON-YY'), 'DD-MM-YYY HH24:MI')
from table;
Hope it helps..
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I have utc epocha in millisecond and I would like my sql return resulting dates in a specific date format.
This works
SELECT to_timestamp(timestamp / 1000) as date
FROM data
This does not work
SELECT to_timestamp(timestamp / 1000, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS') as date
FROM data
Could you tell me what is wrong in my script and how to fix it please? Thanks
to_timestamp() does not format your output. The version where to_timestamp() accepts a format mask is used to convert a string value to a proper timestamp.
You need to format the result of your conversion (which is a proper timestamp) using to_char().
to_char(to_timestamp(timestamp / 1000), 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') as date
I have a varchar2 field in my db with the format of for example -
2015-08-19 00:00:01.0
2014-01-11 00:00:01.0
etc.
I am trying to convert this to a date of format DD-MON-YYYY. For instance, 2015-08-19 00:00:01.0 should become 19-AUG-2015. I've tried
select to_date(upgrade_date, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') from connection_report_update
but even at this point I'am getting ORA-01830 date format ends before converting the entire input string. Any ideas?
You have details upto milli seconds, for which, you have to use TO_TIMESTAMP() with format model 'FF'
select to_timestamp('2015-08-19 00:00:01.0' ,'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.FF') as result from dual;
RESULT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
19-AUG-15 12.00.01.000000000 AM
And Date doesn't have a format itself, only the date output can be in a format. So, when you want it to be printed in a different format, you would need to again use a TO_CHAR() of the converted timestamp;
select to_char(to_timestamp('2015-08-19 00:00:01.0' ,'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.FF'),'DD-MON-YYYY') as result from dual;
RESULT
-----------
19-AUG-2015
Why do you store datetimes in a string???
Anyhow. To get from '2015-08-19 00:00:01.0' to a datetime with milliseconds (which is a TIMESTAMP in Oracle) use to_timestamp:
to_timestamp('2015-08-19 00:00:01.0', 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss.ff')
Then to get the desired output format, use to_char:
to_char(thedate, 'DD-MON-YYYY')
Together:
to_char(to_timestamp('2015-08-19 00:00:01.0', 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss.ff'), 'DD-MON-YYYY')
You should be specifying the format that you want in the call of to_date not the current format:
select to_date(upgrade_date, 'DD-MM-YYYY') from connection_report_update
I'm trying to convert string column to date in Oracle SQL.
Here is my an example of value from the data:
'03/12/14 11:00:00'
Here is my query:
select to_date(A,'DD/MM/YY HH24:MI:SS')
from MyTable
Here is an example of the output:
03-DEC-14
Why my query return only the date but not the hour?
Assuming you are using SQL*Plus (or SQL Developer) the default NLS_DATE_FORMAT is applied when a DATE value is displayed. To verify your current format you can run:
select value
from nls_session_parameters
where parameter = 'NLS_DATE_FORMAT';
To adjust this, run:
alter session set nls_date_format = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS';
Then you should see the time as well.
You are trying to DISPLAY the datetime value. Use TO_CHAR along with proper FORMAT MODEL.
For example,
select to_char(sysdate, 'mm/dd/yyyy hh24:mi:ss') from dual;
A DATE consists of both date and time portions. You just need to make sure you use appropriate format model to display it. Else, you end up with a format which depends on your locale-specific NLS settings.
You can use timestamp
select to_timestamp(A, 'DD/MM/YY HH24:MI:SS') from MyTable
If you want a query that returns the time portion of the date without having to alter the nls_date_format you can convert the date you got from the to_date function to a text representation (the default text representation is dd-Mon-yy as you found out) like this:
select to_char(
to_date(A,'DD/MM/YY HH24:MI:SS'),
''DD/MM/YY HH24:MI:SS')
from MyTable;
Ideally, column A of MyTable should have been defined as a date column instead of a varchar2 column. There are several reasons to do that; data integrity, and better SQL optimization.
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
I have a table as
create table Dummy (date_created date)
in oracle.I want to store date in 'dd-mon-yyyy' (12-dec-2010) format.
How should i do this.
Please help.
In Oracle a column created with the DATE datatype just stores the date. It doesn't have a particular format, it just stores the day, month, year, hour, minute, and second. You need to convert from whatever format you have using the TO_DATE function. If you have a text string with the date in 'dd-mon-yyyy' format and you want to put this date into your table you'd use something like
INSERT INTO DUMMY (DATE_CREATED)
VALUES (TO_DATE('01-FEB-2011', 'DD-MON-YYYY');
Going the other way (from DATE column value to character string) you'd use the TO_CHAR function. If you were retrieving a value from your table and wanted to convert it to 'DD-MON-YYYY' format you'd use something like
SELECT TO_CHAR(DATE_CREATED, 'DD-MON-YYYY')
FROM DUMMY;
Share and enjoy.
Use to_date() function. In your case, the syntax would be
insert into Dummy values (to_date('08-09-2010', 'dd-mm-yyyy'));
Here is a link to the detailed help.
The DATE datatype will store date and time information (century, year, month, day, hours, minutes, and seconds) in an internal format in the database. When you get it out of the database, you can choose to display it in whatever format you like.
This information is either created using implicit conversion from a string or explicitly using either the TO_DATE function or the ANSI date literal. If you look in the v$nls_parameters view, this will tell you what the NLS_DATE_FORMAT is which is generally used for the implicit conversion. This may often be defined as DD-MON-RR, which might be why the date will come out as 23-DEC-10 when the query select sysdate from dual is run. (Not entirely sure I'm right about the nls stuff. Correct me if I'm wrong.)
However, all the date information is available if you know how to get it. The query select to_char(sysdate, 'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss') from dual will return all the date fields.
Likewise, the insert statement shown below will create a row with a date value in it.
insert into dummy (date_created)
values (to_date('12-dec-2010 12:34:56', 'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss'))`
This data can then be retrieved.
select date_created from dummy
This will implicitly convert the date to a character string using the NLS_DATE_FORMAT, providing the output below.
DATE_CREA
---------
23-DEC-10
The full date information is available by explicitly converting the date to a character string.
select to_char(date_created, 'DD-MON-YYYY') as date_created from dummy;
select to_char(date_created, 'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') as date_created
from dummy;
This will provide output in the format you require:
DATE_CREATE
-----------
23-DEC-2010
If you always use the TO_DATE and TO_CHAR functions to convert to/from a date datatype, then you will have fewer problems. Implicit conversion is useful but can cause some confusion or problems.
You can keep and eye here
http://www.techonthenet.com/oracle/functions/to_date.php
use to_date function to save a data with the format you need. I suggest to use SYSDATE updating table and when you need to read data from table use something like that:
dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS'));
to solve your problem use:
to_date('08/JAN/2010', 'DD/MON/YYYY')
Just use TRUNC(YourDate) if date have time part, it will be truncate time part. Oracle have not just 'DATE' type, 'DATE' always have time part.
However if you do not specify time - it will 00:00:00.
SELECT TRUNC(SYSDATE) from dual
Result:
23-12-2010
Oracle does not support DATE without time part.
You can make it always be an integer date by adding a CHECK constraint:
CREATE TABLE dummy (date_created date CHECK (date_created = TRUNC(date_created)))
, insert it in any format you want:
INSERT
INTO dummy (date_created)
VALUES (TO_DATE('23-DEC-2010', 'dd-mon-yyyy'))
and select it in any format you want:
SELECT TO_CHAR(date_created, 'dd-mon-yyyy')
FROM dummy