Conversion of string to data(Flat file to sql server) Transformations

Hi All,
I have a requirement in which I am trying to convert a field of type string which contains date from source file to field of type datetime in sqlserver by using all the below expressions
to_date(DATE, 'yyyy/mm/dd-hh24:mi:ss' )
to_date(DATE, 'yyyy/mm/dd' )
However it is not throwing any errors but the data of the date field is being loaded with null values(Date is present in flat file).
Any inputs plz???
Thanks
U

Can you post a sample of the date string you are trying to convert?

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