Date format truncation

Hello,
I have string representation of date in varchar datatype in the format 2006-08-17 10:00 [YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI].
I want to convert this varchar into DATE type.I was using the following function
table_date := to_date(datestring,'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss');
Where datestring is string of the format [YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI] as described above.
Now the value of table_date is truncated version with just the current date and the hour and minute information removed and even the date format changed back to DD-MM-YY like 17-AUG-06.
Can some one please suggest a way to convert a string in yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss to DATE of format yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss.
Thanks
Regards
Prateek

Hello,
I got the following output
SQL> declare
2 table_date date;
3 begin
4 table_date := to_date('2006-08-17 10:00','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss');
5 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ( 'table_date = ' || table_date );
6 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ( 'table_date = ' || to_char(table_date,'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') );
7 end;
8 /
table_date = 17-AUG-06
table_date = 2006-08-17 10:00:00
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Which is same as you got.
So do I need to change my date format of system???
Thanks for your help!
Regards
Prateek

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