Format Date to MM/DD/YYYY as date not char

How do I format a Date to MM/DD/YYYY but keep the data type as a date?

SQL> select to_char(sysdate       ,'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss') date_with_time_part
2        ,to_char(trunc(sysdate),'dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss') date_without_time_part
3 from dual;
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DATE_WITH_TIME_PART           DATE_WITHOUT_TIME_PART
18-jan-2005 22:22:57          18-jan-2005 00:00:00So, "trunc" your DATE and then format any way you like.

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