SQL - Date-Q

From: Per Andersson <per.andersson_at_enator.se>
Date: 1996/08/13
Message-ID: <32108E68.759B_at_enator.se>#1/1


Hello!

I have a "Date" stored as CHAR.
Example: 1996333 (fmt = YYYYWWD, year week day_of_week)...

Why cant I do a TO_DATE('1996333','YYYYWWD') on this string?

Oracle returns ORA-01820: format code cannot appear in date input format

Per Andersson, Enator
(per.andersson_at_enator.se) Received on Tue Aug 13 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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