Change Col datatype to Date from Number

Hi all,
I have a table storing date in 'YYYYMMDD' Format and the dataype of the column is NUMBER. Now how can I convert this column datatype into DATE in DD-MON-YY. Any help would be highly apreciated.
Regards,

firstly dates are stored in oracle date format. DD-MON-YYY is just a format specifier for display and manipluation.
i) Add a column to your table new_date as date datatype.
ii) update this new_column with the values in your number column
eg
update <tablename?
set <new_column> = to_date(<number_column>,'YYYYMMDD');iii) commit the transaction.
iv) drop the old number column
v) rename the new date_column to the old_number column.
Do this on a non-production server first
Added production server warning
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Keith Jamieson

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