ORACLE - Funciones Fecha : To_Date

La funcion to_date convierte un string en fecha.

La sintaxis es:

to_date( string1, [ format_mask ], [ nls_language ] )

string1 es la cadena que va a ser convertido a fecha.

format_mask is optional. este es el formato que va a ser usado para convertir de cadena a fecha.

nls_language is optional. Es el lenguaje usado para convertir de cadena a fechaa.


Los posibles paraemtros usados como format_mask .

ParameterExplanation
YEARYear, spelled out
YYYY4-digit year
YYY
YY
Y
Last 3, 2, or 1 digit(s) of year.
IYY
IY
I
Last 3, 2, or 1 digit(s) of ISO year.
IYYY4-digit year based on the ISO standard
RRRRAccepts a 2-digit year and returns a 4-digit year.
A value between 0-49 will return a 20xx year.
A value between 50-99 will return a 19xx year.
QQuarter of year (1, 2, 3, 4; JAN-MAR = 1).
MMMonth (01-12; JAN = 01).
MONAbbreviated name of month.
MONTHName of month, padded with blanks to length of 9 characters.
RMRoman numeral month (I-XII; JAN = I).
WWWeek of year (1-53) where week 1 starts on the first day of the year and continues to the seventh day of the year.
WWeek of month (1-5) where week 1 starts on the first day of the month and ends on the seventh.
IWWeek of year (1-52 or 1-53) based on the ISO standard.
DDay of week (1-7).
DAYName of day.
DDDay of month (1-31).
DDDDay of year (1-366).
DYAbbreviated name of day.
JJulian day; the number of days since January 1, 4712 BC.
HHHour of day (1-12).
HH12Hour of day (1-12).
HH24Hour of day (0-23).
MIMinute (0-59).
SSSecond (0-59).
SSSSSSeconds past midnight (0-86399).
FFFractional seconds. Use a value from 1 to 9 after FF to indicate the number of digits in the fractional seconds. For example, 'FF4'.
AM, A.M., PM, or P.M.Meridian indicator
AD or A.DAD indicator
BC or B.C.BC indicator
TZDDaylight savings information. For example, 'PST'
TZHTime zone hour.
TZMTime zone minute.
TZRTime zone region.

Ejemplos:

to_date('2008/07/09', 'yyyy/mm/dd')would return a date value of July 9, 2008.
to_date('070908', 'MMDDYY')would return a date value of July 9, 2008.
to_date('20080315', 'yyyymmdd')would return a date value of Mar 15, 2008.
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