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Convertion Functions

The document describes different format elements that can be used with the TO_CHAR, TO_NUMBER, and TO_DATE functions in Oracle SQL to format dates, numbers, and strings. It provides examples of formatting dates, numbers with thousands separators and decimal places, and converting strings to dates and numbers.

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Convertion Functions

The document describes different format elements that can be used with the TO_CHAR, TO_NUMBER, and TO_DATE functions in Oracle SQL to format dates, numbers, and strings. It provides examples of formatting dates, numbers with thousands separators and decimal places, and converting strings to dates and numbers.

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YYYY: Four digit representation of year

YEAR: Year spelled out


MM: Two digit value of month
MONTH: Full name of month
MON: Three letter representation of month
DY: Three letter representation of the day of the week
DAY: Full name of the day
DD: Numeric day of the month
fm: used to remove any padded blanks or leading zeros.

SELECT TO_CHAR(hire_date, 'DD-MON-YYYY') FROM EMPLOYEES;


SELECT TO_CHAR(hire_date, 'fmYYYY') FROM EMPLOYEES;
SELECT TO_CHAR(hire_date, 'MON') FROM EMPLOYEES;
SELECT TO_CHAR(hire_date, 'YYYY/MM/DD') FROM EMPLOYEES;

9: Specifies numeric position. The number of 9's determine the display width.
0: Specifies leading zeros.
$: Floating dollar sign
.: Decimal position
,: Comma position in the number

SELECT TO_CHAR(price, '$99,999') FROM SALES;


SELECT TO_CHAR(price, '99.99') FROM SALES;
SELECT TO_CHAR(price, '99,00') FROM SALES;

SELECT TO_NUMBER('1028','9999') FROM DUAL;


SELECT TO_NUMBER('12,345','99,999') FROM DUAL;

SELECT TO_DATE('01-JAN-1985','DD-MON-YYYY') FROM DUAL;


SELECT TO_DATE('01-03-85','DD-MM-RR') FROM DUAL;

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