Date format in the Results

Hi,
Dates in the Query are retrieved in DD-MON-YYYY format. Is there any option to set for retrieving all dates in the desired format?

There is currently no preference for formatting dates returned by queries. However, the dates that are returned are formatted according to the NLS_DATE_FORMAT session variable, which can be changed with the following as an example:
alter session set nls_date_format = 'DD-Mon-YYYY HH24:MI:SS';
If you are selecting timestamps, then you need to alter the NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT, etc - see the NLS_SESSION_PARAMETERS view for the different NLS settings.

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