DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(TO_DATE ('19991205')); : TO_DATE « Date Timestamp Functions « Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial






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  2. Date Timestamp Functions
  3. TO_DATE
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SQL> BEGIN
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  3      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(TO_DATE ('19991205'));
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  5  END;
  6  /
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ERROR at line 5:
ORA-01861: literal does not match format string
ORA-06512: at line 3


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13.21.TO_DATE
13.21.1.Specifying a Datetime Format for TO_DATE() function
13.21.2.Using the YY Format
13.21.3.Using the RR Format
13.21.4.TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('04-JUL-15', 'DD-MON-RR'), 'DD-MON-YYYY')
13.21.5.TO_DATE function to convert from characters to dates explicitly
13.21.6.TO_DATE(x[, format]) converts the x string to a datetime
13.21.7.TO_DATE() converts the strings 04-JUL-2006 to the date July 4, 2006
13.21.8.Specifying Times
13.21.9.TO_DATE() with INSERT statement
13.21.10.DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(TO_DATE ('1/1'));
13.21.11.DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(TO_DATE ('6/1996'));
13.21.12.DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(TO_DATE ('12-APR-09'));
13.21.13.DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(TO_DATE ('19991205'));
13.21.14.DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(TO_DATE ('1/1/1'))
13.21.15.Birthday before 1940
13.21.16.Catch exception from to_date function