Examples Let’s look at some examples of using the OracleTRUNC()function. A) Truncate a date value using the default format Consider the following date and time value: The following statement truncates the date value to midnight: SELECTTO_CHAR( TRUNC(TO_DATE('04-Aug-2017 15:35:32 ','DD...
It doesn’t convert the value into any of the other datetime datatypes. To use TO_DATE with time in the destination value, you’ll need to use either TO_TIMESTAMP, TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ (timezone functions), TO_DSINTERVAL, or TO_YMINTERVAL (interval functions). Syntax The syntax of the Ora...
Returns The First Day Of A MonthCREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION fday_ofmonth(value_in DATE) RETURN DATE IS vMo VARCHAR2(2); vYr VARCHAR2(4); BEGIN vMo := TO_CHAR(value_in, 'MM'); vYr := TO_CHAR(value_in, 'YYYY'); RETURN TO_DATE(vMo || '-01-' || vYr, 'MM-DD-YYYY'); ...
CURRENT_DATE function This Oracle tutorial explains how to use the Oracle/PLSQLCURRENT_DATE functionwith syntax and examples. Description The Oracle/PLSQL CURRENT_DATE function returns the current date in the time zone of the current SQL session as set by the ALTER SESSION command. Syntax The s...
In this tutorial, we are going to explain how to use Oracle TO_DATE function with basic syntax and many examples for better understanding.
Advanced Functions This Oracle tutorial explains how to use the Oracle/PLSQLTO_DATE functionwith syntax and examples. Description The Oracle/PLSQL TO_DATE function converts a string to a date. Syntax The syntax for the TO_DATE function in Oracle/PLSQL is: ...
Here are some examples: (Assume the current date is 07/01/10.) Function Result Explanation Return(Date( )) 07/01/2010 No parameters entered, defaults to current date in date format 1. Return(Date("44")) July 1, 2010 Date format 4 selected, with a four-digit year length. Defaults to...
+,- (plus/minus) In Oracle you can add or substract a number of days from a date. Example: sysdate+5 means systemdate/time plus 5 days GREATEST With the greatest function you can select the date/time that is the highest in a range of date/times. Example: greatest (sysdate+4,sysdat...
the age of the tree in years = 2TIP: The localized syntax for these functions may be viewed:by clicking here for US English and other languages; or at Help | Function Reference in Oracle Policy Modeling, in the rule language set for the rulebase project. See also:Get...
Oracle CURRENT_DATE function : CURRENT_DATE returns the current date in the session time zone, in a value in the Gregorian calendar of datatype DATE. This tutorial explains how to use the CURRENT_DATE function with syntax, parameters, examples and explan