Inserting Date AND Time using DBMS_XMLStore.insertXML

Question

Hello,
I'm using a c# app to create an xml file to be passed to a stored procedure. The store procedure then uses DBMS_XMLStore.insertXML to insert the record in the xml file into the database.
There is a field in the Oracle table called "ENTER_DATE". I've been putting a date into the xml file for this field (ie. "10-mar-2010") and this has worked fine. However, I've now been asked to include the time with the date.
Is it possible to somehow put a date AND time value in the xml tag value so that DBMS_XMLStore.insertXML will properly insert it into the Oracle table? Everything I try returns a date picture format error.
Thanks

Answer 1

SQL> create table dept2
as
   select d.*, sysdate enter_date
     from dept d
    where 1 = 2
Table created.
SQL> select * from dept2
no rows selected.
SQL> alter session set nls_date_format='dd.mm.yyyy hh24:mi:ss'
Session altered.
SQL> declare
   ctx   dbms_xmlstore.ctxtype := dbms_xmlstore.newcontext ('dept2');
   doc  xmltype
      := xmltype('<START>
               <ROW>
                 <DEPTNO>10</DEPTNO>
                 <DNAME>ACCOUNTING</DNAME>
                 <LOC>NEW YORK</LOC>
                 <ENTER_DATE>10.10.2010 23:11:16</ENTER_DATE>
               </ROW>
                     </START>');
   ret   int;
begin
   ret := dbms_xmlstore.insertxml (ctx, doc);
   dbms_xmlstore.closecontext (ctx);
end;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select * from dept2
    DEPTNO DNAME          LOC           ENTER_DATE          
        10 ACCOUNTING     NEW YORK      10.10.2010 23:11:16 
1 row selected.