May 3, 2018 · First time using Oracle SQL (I'm used to MySQL). I'm finding conflicting info on what the default date format is. After several attempts having to use TO_DATE with my …

Applying to_date() on a date column makes no sense. Also date columns are not stored "with a format". The format is applied by the client application (e.g. SQL*Plus) when displaying the date.

Oct 7, 2015 · 42 I always get confused with date format in ORACLE SQL query and spend minutes together to google, Can someone explain me the simplest way to tackle when we …

Jan 21, 2017 · I have data in the date column as below. reportDate 21-Jan-17 02-FEB-17 I want to write a query to fetch data for 01/21/2017? Below query not working in Oracle. SELECT * …

Mar 17, 2016 · Does Oracle do this as well? The reason I am asking this is I noticed if you take two dates in Oracle and subtract them you get a floating point of how many days are between.

Sep 24, 2011 · 2 Summary: Your code works and inserts both the date and time components. The problem is that when you query the database it is only displaying the date component and not …

The database itself has no date format, the date comes out of the database in raw form. It's up to the client software to render it, and SQL Developer does use YYYY-MM-DD as its default …

Nov 17, 2010 · Correction: SELECT MAX(date) FROM table does not return a date in any particular format - MAX(date) returns a date, not a string; the format is applied by the client, …

Sep 30, 2004 · 5 I don't think you can use fractional seconds with to_date or the DATE type in Oracle. I think you need to_timestamp which returns a TIMESTAMP type.

Aug 17, 2011 · For sqlplus, use alter session set nls_date_format to what you want the date format to be, then just use the column name in your select statement and sort order.