Re: Question about SYSDATE

A copy of this was sent to "Erkki Arus" <aphex_at_spin.ee> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:02:51 +0300, you wrote:

> Hi
>
>I have a table xxx with column yyy, which is specified as DATE, and the
>default value is set to SYSDATE. Problem is, I get the date like DD-MM-YY,
>put I need date and time like DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS. What I have done wrong?
>

select to_char( yyy, 'dd-mm-yyyy hh24:mi:ss' ) from xxx;

will get it. the default date format doesn't show the time component (but it is there)

>Thanks.
>
>Regards, Erkki Arus
>e-mail: erkki_at_spin.ee

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