Converting string into datetime format

Hi,
I have a report within Apex that runs based on a select query. This select query uses a decode statement which retrieves the relevant date for each row. I am using to_char(hd.PLANNED_IMPL_DATE,'DD-MON-YY HH24:MI') in my select query to retrieve the times for each date. However when I try sorting the column, it sorts the dates according to strings. For example 08 OCT 08 14:00 will appear before 08 SEP 08 12:00.
Is there any way where i can change the data type to a date so that the sort works. I have tried using
select TO_DATE(TO_CHAR(hd.PLANNED_IMPL_DATE, 'DD-MON-YYYY HH12:MI'), 'DD-MON-YYYY HH12:MI')mydate from table x however this now truncates the times.
I do not want to alter the sessions. Is there any other way i can keep the times and so that the sort works?
Thanks
Monica

Monica:
Instead of applying the 'to_char' function to the date in the query, you could try setting the date-format mask for the column in the report's column attributes section.
Report Attributes -> Column Attributes ->Column Formatting -> Number/Date Format
Varad

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