Converting from mm/dd/YYYY to dd/mm/YYYY

Question

Hi Guys,
I have column which has a date field in this format "10/4/2007 11:31:09.611000 PM" (MM/DD/YYYY)
I want to convert it to simple 'DD/MM/YYYY'
Please suggest.
-Sandeep

Answer 1

A small example of displaying in another format:
SQL> create table mytable
  2  as
  3  select timestamp '2007-10-04 23:31:09.611000' ts from dual
  4  /
Tabel is aangemaakt.
SQL> desc mytable
Naam                                                                      Null?    Type
TS                                                                                 TIMESTAMP(9)
SQL> select * from mytable
  2  /
TS
04-10-07 23:31:09,611000000
1 rij is geselecteerd.
SQL> select to_char(ts,'dd/mm/yyyy')
  2    from mytable
  3  /
TO_CHAR(TS
04/10/2007
1 rij is geselecteerd.Regards,
Rob.