How to format dates in SQLExec query

I am trying to archive Lookout data to an Oracle database using SQLExec. I started with existing SQLExec code that put data into Access. Following is that code:
"Insert into wind_temp (Rdate,Wind,Temp) values ("&text(now(Timer3),"0.00000000")&",
"&text(\\SCADA1\Server\Drivers\Corral\ROCSouth.Wind,"0.000")&",
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The Rdate column in wind_temp table is date type. If I change the type to varchar2 (string) this works, so my ODBC connection is good. The problem is that for date fields Oracle needs a string in DD-MON-YYYY (i.e. 01-JAN-2002) format or string data converted to a date (i.e. to_date('01-JAN-2002 12:00:00','DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MIS')). Is there a way
using the now() or other function to build a "to_date" string like above to pass to Oracle?

Here you go:
text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss")
This will give you slashes and not dashes and a number for the month and not the abbreviated name.
Here is the expansion that does what you need:
left(text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss"),2)&"-"&if(mid(text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss"),4,2)="01","JAN",if(mid(text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss"),4,2)="02","FEB",if(mid(text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss"),4,2)="03","MAR",if(mid(text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss"),4,2)="04","APR",if(mid(text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss"),4,2)="05","MAY",if(mid(text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss"),4,2)="06","JUN",if(mid(text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss"),4,2)="07","JUL",if(mid(text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss"),4,2)="08","AUG",if(mid(text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss"),4,2)="09","SEP",if(m
id(text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss"),4,2)="10","OCT",if(mid(text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss"),4,2)="11","NOV",if(mid(text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss"),4,2)="12","DEC","ERROR"))))))))))))&"-"&mid(text(now(),"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss"),7,15)
The date I got from this was:
11-APR-2002 11:54:35
I would recommend using multiple expression objects to simplify reading the code. I included it here, all in one expression, so you could copy and paste it for testing.
I tested it on Lookout 5.0. It works.
Study the text() function and the general text manipulation functions. You can do just about anything with a little creativity.
Regards,
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