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-----Original Message-----Rajesh,
From: Carel-Jan Engel [mailto:cjpengel.dbalert@xs4all.nl]
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 4:29 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: Re: Date Format: Mystery
A look into the docs might help you:
In date-format SS means seconds as of the seconds 00-59 in a minute.
SSSSS means seconds since midnight, thus 0 - 86399
Compiling the statement the longest part is recocnized first.
So:
SS give 06 in your first example.
SSSS gives 20, but twice: 2020
SSSSSS consists of the SSSSS part, followed by an unrecocnized single S: error
SSSSSSSS consists of SSSSS, followed by SS, followed by an unrecognized S: error
SSSSSSSSSS is SSSSS SSSSS, so the result is 46439 46439.
Regards, Carel-Jan
At 10:29 PM 1/29/2004, you wrote:
Hi All,See the following -
1) select to_char(sysdate,'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS AM') from dual;
result = 2004-01-29 12:52:06 PM
2) select to_char(sysdate,'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SSSS AM') from dual;
result = 2004-01-29 12:52:2020 PM
3) select to_char(sysdate,'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SSSSSS AM') from dual;
ORA-01821: date format not recognized
4) select to_char(sysdate,'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SSSSSSSS AM') from dual;
ORA-01821: date format not recognized
5) select to_char(sysdate,'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SSSSSSSSSS AM') from dual;
result = 2004-01-29 12:53:4643946439 PM
What does it mean? If I want to see the 10th part of the second or 100th part of the second, Is it poosible?
I would appreciate all your hints.
Thanks,
Rajesh
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