SQL Developer: to_date function..

Hi..
Can anyone tell me what is wrong with the following:
select to_date('02-Jun-2008 12:10:00', 'DD-MON-RR:HH24:MI:SS') - 2 "Subtract 2 days" from dual;
I get the following result:
31-MAY-08
I thought the format mask supplied would generate the result in the requested format with HH:MI:SS but, as you can see...it doesn't. The nls_date_format is DD-MON-RR, but that shoudn't matter as I have supplied an alternate mask to use (should it..?).
It's just bugging me..using SQL Developer Version 1.5.5
Thanks,
Rory

Hi Roy,
I'm sorry, but You're wrong.
The format mask you provided is only to transform a text into date format. Not for displaying a date. So the default format mask used to display the date is the one defined in NLD_DATE_FORMAT.
If you want display date in 'DD-MON-RR:HH24:MI:SS' format you should either modify the NLS_DATE_FORMAT or use a TO_CHAR in your select ... from dual;
Pierre.

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