Help on Date format

Hello,
My query is:
SELECT TO_CHAR((SYSDATE -2) , 'Dy Mon DD')
FROM dual;
Which produces:
Wed Feb 09
Since I want to grep Oracle's log where the date must be Wed Feb 9 (between Month and date I need two spaces)
But when the date is Fri Feb 11 I need one space.
How can I do that?
Can I use case ?
Thank you

Hi,
Interesting problem!
You could get the output with two digits, and then change the leading 0 (if there is one) to a space, like this:
SELECT     REPLACE ( TO_CHAR ( SYSDATE - 2
                 , 'Dy Mon DD'
          , ' 0'
          )          AS anteayer
FROM     dual;Does your grep tool allow you to use regular expressions, or anything like that?
If Oracle, you could say:
WHERE     REGEXP_LIKE ( date_string
              , 'Wed Feb +9'
              )and it wouldn't matter if there were 1 or 2 spaces after the month.

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Details: HY000:[DataDirect][ODBC Oracle driver][Oracle]ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string
[Database Vendor Code: 1830]
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with MAXNEWSTAT as
(select
/--Added by HAN--/
HRHISTORY.COMPANY,
HRHISTORY.EMPLOYEE,
MAX(HRHISTORY.ACT_OBJ_ID) ACT_OBJ_ID
FROM
LAWSON.HRHISTORY
WHERE
HRHISTORY.FLD_NBR=20
and TO_DATE(HRHISTORY.DATE_STAMP)
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    AND TO_DATE(HRHISTORY.DATE_STAMP) <= (TO_DATE((TO_CHAR((ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,0)),'YYYY/MM')||'/01'),'YYYY/MM/DD'))-1
/--Added by HAN--/
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NEWSTAT AS
(SELECT
/--Added by HAN--/
HRHISTORY.COMPANY,
HRHISTORY.EMPLOYEE,
HRHISTORY.A_VALUE,
HRHISTORY.DATE_STAMP,
HRHISTORY.BEG_DATE,
HRHISTORY.ACT_OBJ_ID NS_OBJ_ID,
HRHISTORY.SEQ_NBR
FROM
LAWSON.HRHISTORY
INNER JOIN LAWSON.MAXNEWSTAT
ON
/--Added by HAN--/
HRHISTORY.COMPANY = MAXNEWSTAT.COMPANY
/--Added by KAM--/
AND HRHISTORY.EMPLOYEE = MAXNEWSTAT.EMPLOYEE
AND HRHISTORY.ACT_OBJ_ID = MAXNEWSTAT.ACT_OBJ_ID
WHERE
HRHISTORY.FLD_NBR=20
and TO_DATE(HRHISTORY.DATE_STAMP)
    >= TO_DATE((TO_CHAR((ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-1)),'YYYY/MM')||'/01'),'YYYY/MM/DD')
    AND TO_DATE(HRHISTORY.DATE_STAMP) <= (TO_DATE((TO_CHAR((ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,0)),'YYYY/MM')||'/01'),'YYYY/MM/DD'))-1
PREVSTATID AS
(SELECT
/--Added by HAN--/
HRHISTORY.COMPANY,
HRHISTORY.EMPLOYEE,
MAX(HRHISTORY.ACT_OBJ_ID)OBJ_ID
FROM
LAWSON.HRHISTORY
    INNER JOIN LAWSON.NEWSTAT
/--Added by HAN--/
    ON HRHISTORY.COMPANY = NEWSTAT.COMPANY
    AND HRHISTORY.EMPLOYEE = NEWSTAT.EMPLOYEE
WHERE
HRHISTORY.FLD_NBR=20
AND TO_DATE(HRHISTORY.BEG_DATE)
< to_date(NEWSTAT.BEG_DATE)
GROUP BY
/--Added by HAN--/
HRHISTORY.COMPANY,
HRHISTORY.EMPLOYEE
PREVSTAT AS
(SELECT
/--Added by HAN--/
HRHISTORY.COMPANY,
HRHISTORY.EMPLOYEE,
HRHISTORY.A_VALUE A_VALUE,
HRHISTORY.DATE_STAMP DATE_STAMP,
HRHISTORY.BEG_DATE BEG_DATE,
HRHISTORY.ACT_OBJ_ID OBJ_ID,
HRHISTORY.SEQ_NBR SEQ_NBR
FROM
LAWSON.HRHISTORY
    INNER JOIN LAWSON.PREVSTATID
/--Added by HAN--/
    ON HRHISTORY.COMPANY = PREVSTATID.COMPANY
    AND HRHISTORY.EMPLOYEE = PREVSTATID.EMPLOYEE
WHERE
HRHISTORY.FLD_NBR=20 AND
HRHISTORY.ACT_OBJ_ID = PREVSTATID.OBJ_ID
MAXPERSACTHST AS
(SELECT
PERSACTHST.EMPLOYEE,
/--Added by KAM--/
PERSACTHST.COMPANY,
MAX(PERSACTHST.DATE_STAMP)DATE_STAMP
FROM
LAWSON.PERSACTHST
WHERE
(PERSACTHST.ACTION_CODE='LOASTATUS' OR PERSACTHST.ACTION_CODE='STATUS')
AND TO_DATE(PERSACTHST.DATE_STAMP)
    >= TO_DATE((TO_CHAR((ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,-1)),'YYYY/MM')||'/01'),'YYYY/MM/DD')
    AND TO_DATE(PERSACTHST.DATE_STAMP) <= (TO_DATE((TO_CHAR((ADD_MONTHS(SYSDATE,0)),'YYYY/MM')||'/01'),'YYYY/MM/DD'))-1
GROUP BY PERSACTHST.EMPLOYEE,
/--Added by KAM--/
PERSACTHST.COMPANY
CHANGELIST AS
(SELECT
PERSACTHST.EMPLOYEE,
/--Added by KAM--/
PERSACTHST.COMPANY,
PERSACTHST.ACTION_CODE,
PERSACTHST.REASON_01,
PERSACTHST.DATE_STAMP,
PERSACTHST.EFFECT_DATE,
PERSACTHST.REASON_02,
PREVSTAT.A_VALUE PS_A_VALUE,
PREVSTAT.DATE_STAMP PS_HR_DATE_STAMP,
PREVSTAT.BEG_DATE PS_HR_BEG_DATE,
PREVSTAT.OBJ_ID PS_HR_OBJ_ID,
PREVSTAT.SEQ_NBR PS_HR_SEQ_ID,
NEWSTAT.A_VALUE NS_A_VALUE,
NEWSTAT.DATE_STAMP NS_DATE_STAMP,
NEWSTAT.BEG_DATE NS_BEG_DATE,
NEWSTAT.NS_OBJ_ID,
NEWSTAT.SEQ_NBR NS_SEQ_NBR
FROM
LAWSON.PERSACTHST PERSACTHST
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                   ON PERSACTHST.EMPLOYEE=PREVSTAT.EMPLOYEE
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                   ON PERSACTHST.EMPLOYEE = NEWSTAT.EMPLOYEE
                  /--Added by KAM--/
                   AND PERSACTHST.COMPANY = NEWSTAT.COMPANY
                   INNER JOIN LAWSON.MAXPERSACTHST
                   ON PERSACTHST.EMPLOYEE = MAXPERSACTHST.EMPLOYEE
                  /--Added by KAM--/
                     AND PERSACTHST.COMPANY = MAXPERSACTHST.COMPANY
WHERE
(PERSACTHST.ACTION_CODE='LOASTATUS' OR PERSACTHST.ACTION_CODE='STATUS')
AND NEWSTAT.A_VALUE <> PREVSTAT.A_VALUE
AND MAXPERSACTHST.DATE_STAMP = PERSACTHST.DATE_STAMP
PAEMPPOSENDDATE AS
(SELECT
PAEMPPOS.EMPLOYEE,
PAEMPPOS.COMPANY,
CASE
WHEN PAEMPPOS.END_DATE = TO_DATE('1700,01,01','YYYY,MM,DD')
         THEN to_date(SYSDATE + 1,'YYYY,MM,DD')
       ELSE PAEMPPOS.END_DATE
END END_DATE,
PAEMPPOS.EFFECT_DATE
FROM LAWSON.PAEMPPOS),
CURRFTE AS
(SELECT
PAEMPPOS.EMPLOYEE,
/--Added by KAM--/
PAEMPPOS.COMPANY,
PAEMPPOS.FTE CURR_FTE,
PAEMPPOS.EFFECT_DATE,
PAEMPPOSENDDATE.END_DATE
FROM
LAWSON.PAEMPPOS
INNER JOIN LAWSON.NEWSTAT
ON (PAEMPPOS.EMPLOYEE = NEWSTAT.EMPLOYEE)
/--Added by KAM--/
AND (PAEMPPOS.COMPANY = NEWSTAT.COMPANY)
INNER JOIN LAWSON.PAEMPPOSENDDATE
ON PAEMPPOS.EMPLOYEE = PAEMPPOSENDDATE.EMPLOYEE
/--Added by KAM--/
AND PAEMPPOS.COMPANY = PAEMPPOSENDDATE.COMPANY
AND PAEMPPOS.EFFECT_DATE=PAEMPPOSENDDATE.EFFECT_DATE
WHERE
(PAEMPPOSENDDATE.EFFECT_DATE <= NEWSTAT.BEG_DATE AND PAEMPPOSENDDATE.END_DATE >= NEWSTAT.BEG_DATE)
PREVFTE AS
(SELECT
PAEMPPOS.EMPLOYEE,
/--Added by KAM--/
PAEMPPOS.COMPANY,
PAEMPPOS.FTE PREV_FTE,
PAEMPPOSENDDATE.END_DATE
FROM
LAWSON.PAEMPPOS
INNER JOIN LAWSON.NEWSTAT
ON (PAEMPPOS.EMPLOYEE = NEWSTAT.EMPLOYEE)
/--Added by KAM--/
AND (PAEMPPOS.COMPANY = NEWSTAT.EMPLOYEE)
INNER JOIN LAWSON.PAEMPPOSENDDATE
ON (PAEMPPOS.EMPLOYEE = PAEMPPOSENDDATE.EMPLOYEE)
/--Added by KAM--/
AND (PAEMPPOS.COMPANY = PAEMPPOSENDDATE.COMPANY)
AND (PAEMPPOS.EFFECT_DATE = PAEMPPOSENDDATE.EFFECT_DATE)
WHERE
PAEMPPOS.EFFECT_DATE <= (NEWSTAT.BEG_DATE-1)AND PAEMPPOSENDDATE.END_DATE >= (NEWSTAT.BEG_DATE -1)
SELECT DISTINCT
EMPLOYEE.EMPLOYEE,
EMPLOYEE.DEPARTMENT,
EMPLOYEE.PROCESS_LEVEL,
EMPLOYEE.EMP_STATUS,
EMPLOYEE.FIRST_NAME,
EMPLOYEE.LAST_NAME,
EMPLOYEE.MIDDLE_INIT,
EMPLOYEE.POSITION,
PAPOSITION.DESCRIPTION,
CHANGELIST.PS_A_VALUE,
/--Added by KAM--/
CHANGELIST.COMPANY,
CHANGELIST.PS_HR_DATE_STAMP,
CHANGELIST.PS_HR_BEG_DATE,
CHANGELIST.PS_HR_OBJ_ID,
CHANGELIST.NS_A_VALUE,
CHANGELIST.NS_DATE_STAMP,
CHANGELIST.NS_OBJ_ID,
CHANGELIST.ACTION_CODE,
CHANGELIST.REASON_01,
CHANGELIST.REASON_02,
CHANGELIST.DATE_STAMP PERSACTSDATESTAMP,
CHANGELIST.EFFECT_DATE PERSACTEFFDATE,
DEPTCODE.R_NAME DEPTNAME,
PRSYSTEM.R_NAME PLNAME,
PREVFTE.PREV_FTE,
CURRFTE.CURR_FTE,
CHANGELIST.NS_BEG_DATE,
PGSELECT.GROUP_NAME,
PAEMPLOYEE.SENIOR_DATE
FROM
LAWSON.CHANGELIST
                  INNER JOIN LAWSON.EMPLOYEE
                 ON (EMPLOYEE.EMPLOYEE = CHANGELIST.EMPLOYEE)
/--Added by KAM--/
                 AND (EMPLOYEE.COMPANY = CHANGELIST.COMPANY)
                 INNER JOIN LAWSON.DEPTCODE
                 ON ((EMPLOYEE.COMPANY=DEPTCODE.COMPANY)
                 AND (EMPLOYEE.PROCESS_LEVEL=DEPTCODE.PROCESS_LEVEL)
                 AND (EMPLOYEE.DEPARTMENT=DEPTCODE.DEPARTMENT))
                 INNER JOIN LAWSON.PRSYSTEM
                 ON ((EMPLOYEE.COMPANY=PRSYSTEM.COMPANY)
                 AND(EMPLOYEE.PROCESS_LEVEL=PRSYSTEM.PROCESS_LEVEL))
                 LEFT OUTER JOIN LAWSON.PREVFTE
                   ON (CHANGELIST.EMPLOYEE=PREVFTE.EMPLOYEE)
/--Added by KAM--/
                 AND (CHANGELIST.COMPANY=PREVFTE.COMPANY)
                 LEFT OUTER JOIN LAWSON.CURRFTE
                 ON (CHANGELIST.EMPLOYEE=CURRFTE.EMPLOYEE)
/--Added by KAM--/
                 AND (CHANGELIST.COMPANY=CURRFTE.COMPANY)
                 INNER JOIN LAWSON.PGSELECT PGSELECT
                   ON ((EMPLOYEE.COMPANY=PGSELECT.COMPANY)
                 AND (EMPLOYEE.EMP_STATUS=PGSELECT.BEGIN_VALUE))
                 LEFT OUTER JOIN LAWSON.PAPOSITION
                 ON (EMPLOYEE.POSITION=PAPOSITION.POSITION)
                 AND (EMPLOYEE.COMPANY=PAPOSITION.COMPANY)
                 INNER JOIN LAWSON.PAEMPLOYEE
                 ON (CHANGELIST.EMPLOYEE=PAEMPLOYEE.EMPLOYEE)
/--Added by KAM--/
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WHERE
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Hi Arsh,
The error message you receive i.e.
ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string
is an Oracle error.
The following document would be helpful:
ORA-01830:     date format picture ends before converting entire input string
Cause:     A valid date format picture included extra data. The first part of the format picture was converted into a valid date, but the remaining data was not required.
Action:     Check the specifications for date format pictures and correct the statement.
Regards,
Alpana

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HTH

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Do not use the toString() method of Date - it will always be the same format.
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Need help at date format while creating External Tables from Flat file

Hi All,
I have a flat file generated from SQL Server 2005. In that generated flat file the date format is in the format as "YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.Millisec" like example "2007-09-08 13:32:36.568".
My task is I have to load this flat file data into Oracle database table running on 9i, but its failing at the creation of external table itself because of this date format. The target table in Oracle the date column data type is "date" only not the "TIMESTAMP".
Can any body suggest how to resolve this?
Thanks,
Sankar

Or:
SQL> select cast(to_timestamp('2007-09-08 13:32:36.568',
2 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss.xff') as date) dt
3 from dual;
DT
08-SEP-07

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Hello Ali,
please let me know, if you have an solution :-)
I figured out, that when you change the country / language, the format will change.
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Hi,
I am getting error message ORA-01861:literal does not match format string.
My concurrent program has 5 parameters. one of this is Date datatype. I have attached FND_STANDARD_DATE value set for that parameter.
when i submit the concurrent program, i am getting the above error.
I wrote like this query in cursor declaration
SELECT * FROM <TABLE>
WHERE <COLUMN.DATE datatype,'DD/MM/YYYY'>(Retieving Database) = <PARAMETER.DATE.datatype,'RRRR/MM/DD'>(this is fnd_standard_date)
Please any one guide me to solve above qurery.
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hi
i have similar to above thing
i solved when i have to pass date value to pl/sql procedure that is in fnd_standard_date (yyyy/mm/dd hh24mi ss) format vice versa now i want to pass value from
program paramter form value type as sql statment and default value as select func(sysdate) from dual
i want to know that sysdate is what format is it same fnd_standard_date (but i tried it is showning APP-FND-01564: ORACLE error 904 in FDFGDF)
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Need help in date formatting

Hi,
I need to print date in the following format:
Jan 21, 2007
11:23 AM 21/01/2007
21-01-2007 18:23
Now as per condition of assignment the year, month, day and hour, min, sec all are entered as separate integer values.
my code:
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
public class stringToDate
// Integer value of date and time variables
int day=21;
int month = 1;
int year=07;
int hour=18;
int min=23;
int sec=14;
// Converting integer value into date
public void convertIntoDate()
     String strTmp= day+"/"+month+"/"+year+" "+hour+":"+min+":"+sec;
     System.out.println("String: " + strTmp);
     DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
     try
          Date outDate = dateFormat.parse(strTmp);
          System.out.println("Converted: " + dateFormat.format(outDate));
     catch(Exception e){ System.out.println("Exception: " + e);}
public static void main(String args[]) {
     stringToDate dF = new stringToDate();
     dF.convertIntoDate();
}Now as per my code i am able to print in the following format:
String: 21/1/7 18:23:14
Converted: 21/01/0007 18:23:14
But if i try to print in other formats it gives me following error message:
Exception: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "21/1/07"
Please help me....

vinee wrote:
Hi,
I tried different output format but still i'm facing the same issue
Following the complete code and error message....
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
public class stringToDate
// Integer value of date and time variables
int day=21;
int month = 1;
int year=07;
int hour=18;
int min=23;
int sec=14;
// Converting integer value into date
public void convertIntoDate()
DateFormat dateFormat;
Date outDate=null;
String strTmp= day+"/"+month+"/"+year+" "+hour+":"+min+":"+sec;
System.out.println("Entered string for date: " + strTmp);
     // Format 01/01/0070 15:24:14
     dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
     try
     outDate = dateFormat.parse(strTmp);
     System.out.println("Converted into Date(dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss): " + dateFormat.format(outDate));
     catch(Exception e){ System.out.println("Exception in format 1: " + e);}
     // Format Jan 21, 2007
     dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, MMM d, ''yyyy");
     try
     outDate = dateFormat.parse(strTmp);
     System.out.println("Converted into Date(EEE, MMM d, ''yyyy): " + dateFormat.format(outDate));
     catch(Exception fe)
     {System.out.println("Exception in format 2: " + fe);}
public static void main(String args[]) {
          stringToDate dF = new stringToDate();
          dF.convertIntoDate();
}Following is the error message:
Entered string for date: 21/1/7 18:23:14
Converted into Date(dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss): 21/01/0007 18:23:14
Exception in format 2: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "21/1/7 18:23:14"
Now as per the above error message format one is working fine but format 2(// Format Jan 21, 2007) have some issues...kind suggest.
Edited by: vinee on Oct 2, 2008 4:23 AMPlease re-read my last reply.
Once again : see [http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/i18n/format/simpleDateFormat.html]
And your:
int year=07; // should be:
int year=2007;

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