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how to insert a date and time field in SQL [message #365842] Fri, 18 February 2000 04:18 Go to next message
leo lam
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Registered: February 2000
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i can't seem to insert the time into a date field.
i can only insert the date in the format of
'12-nov-1999'

how do you make a SQL insert statement to insert a given time? not just the current time but any time.

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Re: how to insert a date and time field in SQL [message #365847 is a reply to message #365842] Sun, 20 February 2000 06:15 Go to previous message
Vine Brownlee
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You need to use the TO_DATE function, which can convert a character expression to a date/time using any format you like. Example:

INSERT INTO mytable (datefield)
VALUES (TO_DATE('2/19/2000 9:30','MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI'))

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