Oracle is a time machine!!

From: Freeman, Robert <Robert_Freeman_at_csx.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:55:21 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00509778.20021122095521@fatcity.com>

Don't believe me?? Try this:

create table test(the_date date);

insert into test values (to_date('10-05-1582','mm-dd-yyyy') );

select to_char(the_date, 'mm/dd/yyyy') from test;

What do you get? :-))

Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP
Oracle Database Architect
CSX Midtier Database Administration
Author of several Oracle books you can find on Amazon.com!

Londo Mollari: Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you.

 
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