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3. Timestamp

SQL> create table myTable (
  2        event_date         date,
  3        event_timestamp timestamp );

Table created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into myTable( event_date, event_timestamp )
  2  values ( sysdate, sysdate );

1 row created.

SQL>
SQL> column event_date      format a18
SQL> column event_timestamp format a28
SQL>
SQL> select to_char(event_date, 'DD-MON-YY HH24:MI:SS') event_date, event_timestamp
  2  from myTable;


EVENT_DATE         EVENT_TIMESTAMP
------------------ ----------------------------
03-JUN-07 21:14:25 03-JUN-07 09.14.25.000000 PM

SQL> drop table myTable;

Table dropped.