Internationalization of Date Datatype

Hi,
If i have DB Charecter set ser at UTF-8 or AL32UTF-8, and have a date field as date, or datetime will it accomadate all sort of calender dates. For egample, if a chainese or a gorgian uses, will his dates be saved & dispayed properly??
Regards,

The supported calendar systems are:
Gregorian
Japanese Imperial
ROC Official
Thai Buddha
Persian
Arabic Hijrah
English Hijrah
The parameter to set the calendar system for TO_CHAR/TO_DATE/TO_TIMESTAMP calls is NLS_CALENDAR.
See: Oracle® Database Globalization Support Guide, 10g Release 2 (10.2)
-- Sergiusz

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Checking sysdate, I noticed that the time element wasn't be displayed, and I used alter session set nls_date_format to set the date and time I want to save to the table, which worked!
Then based on advice in a previous thread to permanently fix the problem, I used alter system set nls_date_format ="dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss" scope=spfile; This showed that it was altered, and I can see the setting in the em. In sqlplus, I shutdown the database, and restarted with startup mount; alter database open; and then selecting sysdate, it still shows the date as dd-mon-yy, and still no time! Checking the em, and looking up the nls_date_format the setting is still shown as "dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss".
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Thanks

user633278 wrote:
Hi
I am hitting a bit of a problem when using the date datatype. When trying to save a row to the table where the field it throws an error ora 01830 and complains about converting the date format picture ends...etc. Now when I do the insert, I use the to_date function with the format of "dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss". Of course, when I remove the time element, everything is perfect.
Checking sysdate, I noticed that the time element wasn't be displayed, and I used alter session set nls_date_format to set the date and time I want to save to the table, which worked!
Then based on advice in a previous thread to permanently fix the problem, I used alter system set nls_date_format ="dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss" scope=spfile; This showed that it was altered, and I can see the setting in the em. In sqlplus, I shutdown the database, and restarted with startup mount; alter database open; and then selecting sysdate, it still shows the date as dd-mon-yy, and still no time! Checking the em, and looking up the nls_date_format the setting is still shown as "dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss".
So, my question is this - what am I doing wrong? Why can't save date and time using date in Oracle 11g?????
ThanksYou most certainly can save the time. A DATE column, by definition stores date and time. What you describe is a presentation problem, and setting nls_date_format at the system as an init parm is the weakest of all settings as it is overridden by several other locations.
without seeing the exact sql that produced the error (not just your description of what you think you were doing) it is impossible to say for sure.
However, I'd suggest you read http://edstevensdba.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/nls_date_format/

Date datatype in Oracle 8i

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It would appear that the external representation of a date is different than the stored representation of a date. Consider:
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TTFN
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How to get a time part from Date datatype

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I would like to know how to extract the timestamp alone from DATE datatype? If my input is '27-SEP-2011 23:59:00' I need the output as 23:59:00. I am surprised to see that there are no in-built functions for this or may be I am wrong. Basically I need to remove the date part from DATE data type and get the time.Please assist.
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Edited by: user9546145 on Sep 27, 2011 2:24 PM
Edited by: user9546145 on Sep 27, 2011 2:25 PM

Hi,
user9546145 wrote:
Hi,
I would like to know how to extract the timestamp alone from DATE datatype? Be careful! In Oracle, TIMESTAMP means a datatype, similar to but distinct from DATE. You'll avoid confusion if you don't use the word "timestamp" to mean anything else.
There is a built-in function, TO_CHAR:
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I hope this answers your question.
If not, post a little sample data (CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements, relevant columns only) for all tables, and also post the results you want from that data.
Explain, using specific examples, how you get those results from that data.
Always say which version of Oracle you're using.

How to compare the date value with the date datatype column?

Hi,
I am executed a query to get output for the particular date in two different database.
I got output in one db environment, but in the another environment i didnt get the output.
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2006060106 SYSTEM
DATABASE - II
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no rows selected
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DECISIONED_STAGE_ID DECISIONED_STAG
2006060113 SYSTEM
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Thanks in advance.
siva

Sorry & thanks sathish,
Now i got the result.
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2 and application_id=2007010028552;
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2006060113 SYSTEM
================================
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And in one environment db i got the result but in another environment i dont get,
Shall i want to change any session status of date?

Problem in converting character into date datatype

Hi Experts,
I am developing an oracle function in which I am passing an input in varchar2 and I want the return that varchar value in date datatype.
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i think you understand this :
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An import updates a date datatype column to sysdate

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I couldn't find anything on this issue in the document.
I did an export of the data of table1 from database A, in table1 I have a column called CREATEDATE and it has a DATE datatype. When I imported it into database B, all rows now have the current SYSDATE in the CREATEDATE column instead of the original content as on db A.
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I do not have a sysdate as the default value for the column.
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Can I restrict database so that application can not enter date data in certain format.
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This is not really related to SQLDeveloper, so you may find better answers in another forum but I'll try to give you an idea anyway.
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Got a question regarding the 'auto-format' of syntax whenever writing in the code editor.
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MODIFY_DATE DATE,
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Hello,
I put 3.1.07 as you'd suggested. Seems the problem is still occuring for me... probably a user preference though ;)
Open a new worksheet and drop this in, highlight everything, right-click and choose "format". All the keywords (varchar2, number, etc) should align on themselves making it look nice. I have mine set up to line-break after a comma. (I can't get it to format properly as I type it here onto the forums, so added a bunch of spaces to try to mimic it in this view)
type TEMP_REC
IS
record
LEAD_TIME NUMBER(5,0),
SCRAP_PERCENT NUMBER,
CREATED_BY VARCHAR2(30),
MODIFIED_BY VARCHAR2(30),
OPER_SEQ VARCHAR2(6),
REF_NO VARCHAR2(2000),
COMMENTS VARCHAR2(2000),
BOM_FLAGS VARCHAR2(100),
BOM_ATTR1 VARCHAR2(30),
BOM_ATTR2 VARCHAR2(30),
BOM_ATTR3 VARCHAR2(30),
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BOM_AMT2 NUMBER,
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type TEMP_REC
IS
record
LEAD_TIME NUMBER(5,0),
SCRAP_PERCENT NUMBER,
CREATED_BY VARCHAR2(30),
MODIFIED_BY VARCHAR2(30),
OPER_SEQ VARCHAR2(6),
REF_NO VARCHAR2(2000),
test DATE,
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BOM_FLAGS VARCHAR2(100),
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BOM_ATTR2 VARCHAR2(30),
BOM_ATTR3 VARCHAR2(30),
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While trying to create stored lines for a query having date datatype I get
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected DATE got NUMBER error:
desc table_t1;
col1 number,
datecol date
CREATE OR REPLACE OUTLINE TEST FOR CATEGORY TEST
ON
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I also tried to declare variable of date from sqlplus but it seems sqlplus doesn't have any support for date datatype var declaration as bind variable.
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Kev
Edited by: Kevin_K on Jan 3, 2011 4:48 AM

I think in this case you would have to take an approach like this:
alter session set set create_stored_outlines=true;
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