Outputted date with unusual format mask

I am getting a flat file outputed from Fusion Financials SAAS, and one of the columns has this: 2013-11-14T15:10:36.000-06:00
Clearly its a date. I am guessing its a datetime TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE datatype. But, the Format Model is unfamiliar to me, particularly regarding the letter 'T'.
Because its a flat file, this is coming to me as varchar2 data. I'd like to convert it to datetime.
I got to this:
select to_timestamp_tz('2013-11-14T15:10:36.000-06:00', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.FF TZH:TZM') AT LOCAL
from dual
It fails because of the letter 'T',
I know I could do this:
select to_timestamp_tz(REPLACE('2013-11-14T15:10:36.000-06:00','T',' '), 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.FF TZH:TZM') AT LOCAL
from dual
And it works.
But that is not the point. The point is to find the Format Model that Oracle is using here.
Any thoughts on this?
Thanks,
Arie

Arie, the timezone format in the file is based on ISO 8601: ISO 8601 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This should work:
SQL> select to_timestamp_tz('2013-11-14T15:10:36.000-06:00', 'YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24:MI:SS.FF TZH:TZM') from dual;
TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ('2013-11-14T15:10:36.000-06:00','YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24:MI:SS.FF
14-NOV-13 03.10.36.000000000 PM +06:00
Hope this helps,
Oliver
Fusion Apps Developer Relations
https://blogs.oracle.com/fadevrel

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