Need help with date format mask

Hi there, right now I'm trying to set a default date format mask constraint for one of the attributes for my table. I want to set the default mask constraint as MM/DD/YY but I don't know how to. it should be something like:
CREATE TABLE work (WorkDate DATE CHECK (WorkDate = 'MM/DD/YY'))
or something like that, but I don't think that's correct. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance.

What you want (and should have done) is to read the documentation, starting with the concepts:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14220/datatype.htm#CNCPT413
http://www.oracle.com/pls/db102/search?remark=quick_search&word=date&tab_id=&format=ranked
A date is stored as, well, a date, format masks only come into play when you're selecting/retrieving a date or when you want to store a string as a date. Default date formats can be set through NLS_DATE_FORMAT at session and database level.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14237/initparams122.htm#REFRN10119
Documentation homes (from which you can do a simple quick search):
http://www.oracle.com/pls/db102/homepage
http://www.oracle.com/pls/db112/homepage
Bottom line:
Trying to set a default date format mask on a date datatype column makes no sense...

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/--Added by HAN--/
HRHISTORY.COMPANY,
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LAWSON.HRHISTORY
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/--Added by HAN--/
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(SELECT
/--Added by HAN--/
HRHISTORY.COMPANY,
HRHISTORY.EMPLOYEE,
HRHISTORY.A_VALUE,
HRHISTORY.DATE_STAMP,
HRHISTORY.BEG_DATE,
HRHISTORY.ACT_OBJ_ID NS_OBJ_ID,
HRHISTORY.SEQ_NBR
FROM
LAWSON.HRHISTORY
INNER JOIN LAWSON.MAXNEWSTAT
ON
/--Added by HAN--/
HRHISTORY.COMPANY = MAXNEWSTAT.COMPANY
/--Added by KAM--/
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PREVSTATID AS
(SELECT
/--Added by HAN--/
HRHISTORY.COMPANY,
HRHISTORY.EMPLOYEE,
MAX(HRHISTORY.ACT_OBJ_ID)OBJ_ID
FROM
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/--Added by HAN--/
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/--Added by HAN--/
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HRHISTORY.EMPLOYEE,
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HRHISTORY.DATE_STAMP DATE_STAMP,
HRHISTORY.BEG_DATE BEG_DATE,
HRHISTORY.ACT_OBJ_ID OBJ_ID,
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(SELECT
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PREVSTAT.DATE_STAMP PS_HR_DATE_STAMP,
PREVSTAT.BEG_DATE PS_HR_BEG_DATE,
PREVSTAT.OBJ_ID PS_HR_OBJ_ID,
PREVSTAT.SEQ_NBR PS_HR_SEQ_ID,
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NEWSTAT.DATE_STAMP NS_DATE_STAMP,
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NEWSTAT.NS_OBJ_ID,
NEWSTAT.SEQ_NBR NS_SEQ_NBR
FROM
LAWSON.PERSACTHST PERSACTHST
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                   ON PERSACTHST.EMPLOYEE = NEWSTAT.EMPLOYEE
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WHERE
(PERSACTHST.ACTION_CODE='LOASTATUS' OR PERSACTHST.ACTION_CODE='STATUS')
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PAEMPPOS.EFFECT_DATE
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(SELECT
PAEMPPOS.EMPLOYEE,
/--Added by KAM--/
PAEMPPOS.COMPANY,
PAEMPPOS.FTE CURR_FTE,
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LAWSON.PAEMPPOS
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ON (PAEMPPOS.EMPLOYEE = NEWSTAT.EMPLOYEE)
/--Added by KAM--/
AND (PAEMPPOS.COMPANY = NEWSTAT.COMPANY)
INNER JOIN LAWSON.PAEMPPOSENDDATE
ON PAEMPPOS.EMPLOYEE = PAEMPPOSENDDATE.EMPLOYEE
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AND PAEMPPOS.COMPANY = PAEMPPOSENDDATE.COMPANY
AND PAEMPPOS.EFFECT_DATE=PAEMPPOSENDDATE.EFFECT_DATE
WHERE
(PAEMPPOSENDDATE.EFFECT_DATE <= NEWSTAT.BEG_DATE AND PAEMPPOSENDDATE.END_DATE >= NEWSTAT.BEG_DATE)
PREVFTE AS
(SELECT
PAEMPPOS.EMPLOYEE,
/--Added by KAM--/
PAEMPPOS.COMPANY,
PAEMPPOS.FTE PREV_FTE,
PAEMPPOSENDDATE.END_DATE
FROM
LAWSON.PAEMPPOS
INNER JOIN LAWSON.NEWSTAT
ON (PAEMPPOS.EMPLOYEE = NEWSTAT.EMPLOYEE)
/--Added by KAM--/
AND (PAEMPPOS.COMPANY = NEWSTAT.EMPLOYEE)
INNER JOIN LAWSON.PAEMPPOSENDDATE
ON (PAEMPPOS.EMPLOYEE = PAEMPPOSENDDATE.EMPLOYEE)
/--Added by KAM--/
AND (PAEMPPOS.COMPANY = PAEMPPOSENDDATE.COMPANY)
AND (PAEMPPOS.EFFECT_DATE = PAEMPPOSENDDATE.EFFECT_DATE)
WHERE
PAEMPPOS.EFFECT_DATE <= (NEWSTAT.BEG_DATE-1)AND PAEMPPOSENDDATE.END_DATE >= (NEWSTAT.BEG_DATE -1)
SELECT DISTINCT
EMPLOYEE.EMPLOYEE,
EMPLOYEE.DEPARTMENT,
EMPLOYEE.PROCESS_LEVEL,
EMPLOYEE.EMP_STATUS,
EMPLOYEE.FIRST_NAME,
EMPLOYEE.LAST_NAME,
EMPLOYEE.MIDDLE_INIT,
EMPLOYEE.POSITION,
PAPOSITION.DESCRIPTION,
CHANGELIST.PS_A_VALUE,
/--Added by KAM--/
CHANGELIST.COMPANY,
CHANGELIST.PS_HR_DATE_STAMP,
CHANGELIST.PS_HR_BEG_DATE,
CHANGELIST.PS_HR_OBJ_ID,
CHANGELIST.NS_A_VALUE,
CHANGELIST.NS_DATE_STAMP,
CHANGELIST.NS_OBJ_ID,
CHANGELIST.ACTION_CODE,
CHANGELIST.REASON_01,
CHANGELIST.REASON_02,
CHANGELIST.DATE_STAMP PERSACTSDATESTAMP,
CHANGELIST.EFFECT_DATE PERSACTEFFDATE,
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PRSYSTEM.R_NAME PLNAME,
PREVFTE.PREV_FTE,
CURRFTE.CURR_FTE,
CHANGELIST.NS_BEG_DATE,
PGSELECT.GROUP_NAME,
PAEMPLOYEE.SENIOR_DATE
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LAWSON.CHANGELIST
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                 ON (EMPLOYEE.EMPLOYEE = CHANGELIST.EMPLOYEE)
/--Added by KAM--/
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                 INNER JOIN LAWSON.DEPTCODE
                 ON ((EMPLOYEE.COMPANY=DEPTCODE.COMPANY)
                 AND (EMPLOYEE.PROCESS_LEVEL=DEPTCODE.PROCESS_LEVEL)
                 AND (EMPLOYEE.DEPARTMENT=DEPTCODE.DEPARTMENT))
                 INNER JOIN LAWSON.PRSYSTEM
                 ON ((EMPLOYEE.COMPANY=PRSYSTEM.COMPANY)
                 AND(EMPLOYEE.PROCESS_LEVEL=PRSYSTEM.PROCESS_LEVEL))
                 LEFT OUTER JOIN LAWSON.PREVFTE
                   ON (CHANGELIST.EMPLOYEE=PREVFTE.EMPLOYEE)
/--Added by KAM--/
                 AND (CHANGELIST.COMPANY=PREVFTE.COMPANY)
                 LEFT OUTER JOIN LAWSON.CURRFTE
                 ON (CHANGELIST.EMPLOYEE=CURRFTE.EMPLOYEE)
/--Added by KAM--/
                 AND (CHANGELIST.COMPANY=CURRFTE.COMPANY)
                 INNER JOIN LAWSON.PGSELECT PGSELECT
                   ON ((EMPLOYEE.COMPANY=PGSELECT.COMPANY)
                 AND (EMPLOYEE.EMP_STATUS=PGSELECT.BEGIN_VALUE))
                 LEFT OUTER JOIN LAWSON.PAPOSITION
                 ON (EMPLOYEE.POSITION=PAPOSITION.POSITION)
                 AND (EMPLOYEE.COMPANY=PAPOSITION.COMPANY)
                 INNER JOIN LAWSON.PAEMPLOYEE
                 ON (CHANGELIST.EMPLOYEE=PAEMPLOYEE.EMPLOYEE)
/--Added by KAM--/
                AND (CHANGELIST.COMPANY=PAEMPLOYEE.COMPANY)
WHERE
(PGSELECT.GROUP_NAME='G:ACTIVE' OR PGSELECT.GROUP_NAME='G:INACTIVE')
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Hi Arsh,
The error message you receive i.e.
ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string
is an Oracle error.
The following document would be helpful:
ORA-01830:     date format picture ends before converting entire input string
Cause:     A valid date format picture included extra data. The first part of the format picture was converted into a valid date, but the remaining data was not required.
Action:     Check the specifications for date format pictures and correct the statement.
Regards,
Alpana

Need help in date formatting

Hi,
I need to print date in the following format:
Jan 21, 2007
11:23 AM 21/01/2007
21-01-2007 18:23
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my code:
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import java.text.*;
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// Integer value of date and time variables
int day=21;
int month = 1;
int year=07;
int hour=18;
int min=23;
int sec=14;
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public static void main(String args[]) {
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}Now as per my code i am able to print in the following format:
String: 21/1/7 18:23:14
Converted: 21/01/0007 18:23:14
But if i try to print in other formats it gives me following error message:
Exception: java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "21/1/07"
Please help me....

vinee wrote:
Hi,
I tried different output format but still i'm facing the same issue
Following the complete code and error message....
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import java.text.*;
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int month = 1;
int year=07;
int hour=18;
int min=23;
int sec=14;
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DateFormat dateFormat;
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Edited by: vinee on Oct 2, 2008 4:23 AMPlease re-read my last reply.
Once again : see [http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/i18n/format/simpleDateFormat.html]
And your:
int year=07; // should be:
int year=2007;

Help with date format

Hi, I have a record update form that shows Start date and End date in 2 separate fields like dd/mm/yyyy. When I edit the dates they do not get to the database correctly, all I get is 0000/00/00. I guess this is because the date format accepted by MySQL is yyyy/mm/dd.
I'm stuck because I don't know how to convert the dates back to MySQL format for updating.
This is the code that displays the start date:
//<input name="AG_fechai" type="text" class="CP_loginFormFields" value="<?php echo date('d/m/Y',strtotime($row_eventosUpdate_RS['AG_fechai'])); ?>" size="32" />
This is the code that displays the end date:
//<input name="AG_fechaf" type="text" class="CP_loginFormFields" value="<?php echo date('d/m/Y',strtotime($row_eventosUpdate_RS['AG_fechaf'])); ?>" size="32" />
This is my update query.(AG_fechai and AG_fechaf are the start and end date fields) which are not been updated. I appreciate your help. Thanks.
// $updateSQL = sprintf("UPDATE t_agenda SET AG_fechai=%s, AG_fechaf=%s, AG_precio=%s, AG_horario=%s, AG_titulo_esp=%s, AG_titulo_eng=%s, AG_titulo_ger=%s, AG_titulo_fra=%s WHERE id_AG=%s",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_fechai'], "date",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_fechaf'], "date",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_precio'], "text",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_horario'], "text",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_titulo_esp'], "text",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_titulo_eng'], "text",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_titulo_ger'], "text",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['AG_titulo_fra'], "text",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['id_AG'], "int");
mysql_select_db($database_amat_connect, $amat_connect);
$Result1 = mysql_query($updateSQL, $amat_connect) or die(mysql_error());

MySQL stores dates in one format only: the ISO recommended YYYY-MM-DD. You need to reorder the date parts to store the date correctly.
If your input date is in the following format: dd/mm/yyyy, you can convert it by creating a custom function like this:
function convertDate($val) {
$parts = explode('/', $val);
return "$parts[2]-$parts[1]-$parts[0]";
Pass both dates to this function:
GetSQLValueString(convertDate($_POST['AG_fechai']), "date",
GetSQLValueString(convertDate($_POST['AG_fechaf']), "date",

Help with date formatting.

Hi,
I have been asked to fix a problem with a report. I have found that the problem is the date format being passed to the stored procedure is not correct, The current format is like Mon April 04 2007. The correct format should be DD-MMM-YYYY which I take to be Mon Apr 04 2004. I am not sure if this is correct anyway, but after looking at the code and the api I have managed to create a date object and call toString on it, after setting a simple date format to dd MMM yyyy.
The problem is that the toString method returns Mon Apr 02 00:00:00 BST 20
07. Is anybody able to help me with this? Below is a little bit of the code:
public void renderDailyReport(ServletWriter out, HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception {
        // reset counters
        totalHits    = 0;
        maxHits      = 0;
        minHits      = 0;
        // get a GregorianCalendar object using the startDate and endDate Strings
        SimpleDateFormat sdf         = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM yyyy", Locale.UK);
        SimpleDateFormat procedureDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy", Locale.UK);
        GregorianCalendar dateCounter = new GregorianCalendar();
        GregorianCalendar upperLimit = new GregorianCalendar();
        sdf.setCalendar(Calendar.getInstance());
        Date sd = sdf.parse(startDate);
        Date ed = sdf.parse(endDate);
        procStartDate = procedureDateFormat.parse(startDate);
        procEndDate = procedureDateFormat.parse(endDate);The procStart and end dates are the bits that I added.
They are passed to the stored procedure calling .toString, they are date objects.
Appreciate any help.

Do not use the toString() method of Date - it will always be the same format.
Use the format() method of SimpleDateFormat.
Date d = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("'dd-MMM-yyyy"); // or something like this
String s = sdf.format(d);Message was edited by:
jbish

Help with date format and sql

Hi
I am a complete oracle idiot.
I have created a table with 2 columns po_id,po_date. Yhe id data type is number,date type is date. To add values to the table i enter something like
"insert into purchase_orders(po_id,po_date) values(1,01/01/2004)"
It does not accept the date and will not add the record, i have also tried the date format 01-Jan-2004.
What is the proper way to add the date.
Thanks
Garry

You probably want to use an explicit to_date cast. That lets you specify the format of the date string, i.e.
INSERT INTO purchase_orders( po_id, po_date )
VALUES( 1, to_date( '01/01/2004', 'DD/MM/YYYY' );Justin
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Required help with date format

Hi All,
I am calling a webservice from plsql, for this I am using UTL_DBWS package. I want to insert the format of date as 'YYYY-MM-DD' only. I used to_char(sysdate, 'YYYY-MM-DD') , but it is throwing error. Please suggest any solution.
Thanks and Regards,
Mahesh
The error details are as follows
ORA-29532: Java call terminated by uncaught Java exception: javax.xml.rpc.soap.SOAPFaultException
Caught exception while handling request: invalid date: 25-NOV-08
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_DBWS", line 403
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_DBWS", line 400

user6391695 wrote:
Hi All,
I am calling a webservice from plsql, for this I am using UTL_DBWS package. I want to insert the format of date as 'YYYY-MM-DD' only. I used to_char(sysdate, 'YYYY-MM-DD') , but it is throwing error. Please suggest any solution.What happens is...
You convert sysdate into a string of the format YYYY-MM-DD and then you are passing that to a parameter that is a DATE datatype. When you do this oracle has to implicitly conver the string to the DATE datatype. It does this based on the NLS settings of the session which, I would guess, are not of the format YYYY-MM-DD, so it can't understand the string you have passed and fails to convert it to a date.
Date formats are not something that is stored on the database (assuming you are correctly storing dates as DATE datatype). The format of dates is a display issue and something that should be handled by the user interface. The database stores data, just that, no display formats. ;)

Need help at date format while creating External Tables from Flat file

Hi All,
I have a flat file generated from SQL Server 2005. In that generated flat file the date format is in the format as "YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.Millisec" like example "2007-09-08 13:32:36.568".
My task is I have to load this flat file data into Oracle database table running on 9i, but its failing at the creation of external table itself because of this date format. The target table in Oracle the date column data type is "date" only not the "TIMESTAMP".
Can any body suggest how to resolve this?
Thanks,
Sankar

Or:
SQL> select cast(to_timestamp('2007-09-08 13:32:36.568',
2 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss.xff') as date) dt
3 from dual;
DT
08-SEP-07

Need help with date and time calculations please

Hello there.. Im stuck, and im hoping someone can help..
Working on a list to manage and track PTO. User completes PTO request form,
Fields
Name
Start Date (with time)
End Date (with time)
Total Number of Days/hours requested: (calculation)
Full Day: (Yes/No)
ok business need
user has the ability to request a certain number of hours as opposed to a full day.
After searching around on google. I found this calculation to help me figure out how many BUSINESS days being requested.
=IF(ISERROR(DATEDIF([Start Date],[End Date],"d")),"",(DATEDIF([Start Date],[End Date],"d"))+1-INT(DATEDIF([Start Date],[End Date],"d")/7)*2-IF((WEEKDAY([End Date])-WEEKDAY([Start Date]))<0,2,0)-IF(OR(AND(WEEKDAY([End
Date])=7,WEEKDAY([Start Date])=7),AND(WEEKDAY([End Date])=1,WEEKDAY([Start Date])=1)),1,0)-IF(AND(WEEKDAY([Start Date])=1,(WEEKDAY([End Date])-WEEKDAY([Start Date]))>0),1,0)-IF(AND(NOT(WEEKDAY([Start Date])=7),WEEKDAY([End Date])=7),1,0))
This works great as long as its a [Full Day]="YES", displays results in column labeled Number of days
now if [Full Day]="No", displays results in column labeled Number of Hours
BUT this is my issue (well part of it) it calcuate the correct number of hours.. but puts a "1" in "Number of Days" why.. dates have not changed.. I think Its something with the above calculation but I could be way off.
the end result is I need number of days to concat with number of hours
i.e 1 full day 4 hours 1.4
0 full day 5 hours 0.5
1 full day 0 hours 1.0
so that the total can be deducted via workflow.. from the remaining balance in a tracker. (seperate list)
Any angels out there??

Posnera-
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