Time part of date data type

Please can anybody tell me how to display the time portion of a
date data type. The version of Oracle is 7.
Ade

is this?
TO_CHAR( date, [ fmt VARCHAR2[, nlsparms]])
return VARCHAR2
fmt format model:
YYYY year
MM month 01 =JAN
DD Day of the month (1-31)
D Day of the week (1-7)
HH24 hour fo day (0-24)
HH, HH12 hour of day (0-12)
MI minute (0-59)
AM, PM
SS second (0-59)
SSSSS seconds past midnight (0-863999)
etc....
nlsparams specifies he language
is has the following form:
'NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = <language>'

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I have Date field in a table.
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I have a table with one DATE field. It wasn't displaying times with the date,
so I searched and found a post telling how to change my NLS settings
in the Preferences.
I did this and it didn't change, so I thought, OK, I'll shut it down and restart.
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>
Would there by anything else - I'm planning on rebooting the machine this afternoon - maybe
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I have two tables Sysstat_ext and Sysstat - both have fields M_Time (Measurement time),
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I then insert the data from Sysstat_ext into Sysstat - the conversion being performed thus:
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same for Sysstat_ext
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<... deleted...>
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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.
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dt_col - TRUNC (dt_col)is a NUMBER (not less than 0, but less than 1) which is suitable for many tasks, such as finding the average time.
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.
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884476 wrote:
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i am using parameters in crystal report to select records. one of the parameters is "From Date" of type Date Time.
i mapped this parameter to a field "DateIn" of type smalldatetime in my sql table.
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>
Deepravs wrote:
> Hi Rohit,
>
> Change the Parameter to Date Datatype and use this formula in the "Record Selection Formula " (Report Tab -> Selection Formulas -> Record)
>
> = CDateTime ({?From Date})
>
> Though the parameter is date datatype it converts to datetime datatype amd maps to the desired column.
>
>
> Thanks,
Great !!!
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The field i am dealing with is a varchar2 not a date field.
it has values like
12/31/1899
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2/24/2010 9:00:00 AM
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2/24/2010 9:00:00 AM
12/31/1899
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I've tried a few things today, but kept blowing up.
Edited by: CPSteven on Feb 11, 2010 6:04 PM

>
ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string
With that command
The time in their messing with it?
>
You'd have that problem if the date format picture ends before any of your your strings end....
Eg.. your date field has "time component" and you just use... "DD-MON-YYYY" as the format picture.
However, If your format picture includes the maximum possible detail (of any of your strings) , you'll not see that error. Check this code below.
sql> select * from temp;
        ID DATE_STRING
         1 02/11/2010 03:10:26
         2 02/10/2010 03:10:26
         3 02/09/2010 03:10:26
         4 02/08/2010 03:10:26
         5 02/07/2010 03:10:26
         6 02/06/2010 03:10:26
         7 02/05/2010 03:10:26
         8 02/04/2010 03:10:26
         9 02/03/2010 03:10:26
        10 02/02/2010 03:10:26
        11 12/31/1899
        ID DATE_STRING
        12 12/31/1899
12 rows selected.
sql> delete from temp
2 where date_string != '12/31/1899'
3    and to_date(date_string,'MM/DD/YYYY') < (sysdate-7);
and to_date(date_string,'MM/DD/YYYY') < (sysdate-7)
ERROR at line 3:
ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string
sql> delete from temp
2    where date_string != '12/31/1899'
3      and to_date(date_string,'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI:SS') < (sysdate-7);
4 rows deleted.
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ORACLE DATABASE 11g
Eclips Java
Linux Enterprice Edition 5
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datetime_tab v_date_time:=v_date_time();
type v_counter is table of T_MES_DSS_BLOCK_DATA_13.Counter%type;
counter_tab v_counter:=v_counter();
type v_column_1 is table of number;
column1_tab v_column_1:=v_column_1();
type v_column_2 is table of number;
column2_tab v_column_2:=v_column_2();
cursor dt is
select DATE_TIME, COUNTER,COLUMN_1, COLUMN_2
from (
select
/*+ INDEX(T_MES_DSS_BLOCK_DATA_13 IDX_MES_BLK_DATA_3_DATE_TIME) INDEX(T_MES_DSS_BLOCK_DATA_13 IDX_MES_BLK_DATA_3_COUNTER)*/
DATE_TIME, COUNTER,
dbms_xdbutil_int.rawtonum(SUBSTR(BLOCK_COLUMN_23, 121, 8))COLUMN_1,
dbms_xdbutil_int.rawtonum(LAG( (SUBSTR(BLOCK_COLUMN_23, 121, 8)),1,0 ) OVER (ORDER BY DATE_TIME ))COLUMN_2
from T_MES_DSS_BLOCK_DATA_13 PARTITION(PART11JUN2010)
where DATE_TIME BETWEEN v_fromtime and v_totime);
end_time number;
start_time number;
begin
start_time:=dbms_utility.get_time();
open dt;
loop
fetch dt bulk collect into datetime_tab,counter_tab,column1_tab,column2_tab;
exit when dt%notfound;
end loop;
close dt;
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dbms_output.put_line('Number of Rows in Counter:- ('||counter_tab.count||'):');
dbms_output.put_line('Number of Rows in column1:- ('||column1_tab.count||'):');
dbms_output.put_line('Number of Rows in column2:- ('||column2_tab.count||'):');
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dbms_output.put_line('Total Time:-'||to_char(end_time-start_time)/60);
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Well anyhow i have managed to run this code using bulk collect feature & getting good performance but can i print this data ???
how to return this data which has bulk collect feature to java code ??? any idea ?
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datetime_tab out t_mes_dss_block_data_13.date_time%type,
counter_tab out t_mes_dss_block_data_13.counter%type,
column1_tab out number,
column2_tab out number) is
cursor dt is
select DATE_TIME, COUNTER,COLUMN_1, COLUMN_2,rownum
from (
select /*+ INDEX(T_MES_DSS_BLOCK_DATA_1 IDX_MES_BLK_DATA_1_DATE_TIME) INDEX(T_MES_DSS_BLOCK_DATA_1 IDX_MES_BLK_DATA_1_COUNTER)*/
DATE_TIME, COUNTER,
dbms_xdbutil_int.rawtonum(SUBSTR(BLOCK_COLUMN_1, 1, 4))COLUMN_1,
dbms_xdbutil_int.rawtonum(LAG( (SUBSTR(BLOCK_COLUMN_1, 1, 4)),1,0 ) OVER (ORDER BY DATE_TIME ))COLUMN_2
from T_MES_DSS_BLOCK_DATA_1 PARTITION(PART03AUG2010)
where DATE_TIME BETWEEN '02-AUG-2010 09:00:00.0' and '02-AUG-2010 09:10:00.0')
where COLUMN_1 =0 and COLUMN_2 != 0 or (rownum=1 and COLUMN_1 = 0 and COLUMN_2 = 0);
--end_time number;
--start_time number;
begin --1st block
Declare --2nd declare
type v_date_time is table of T_MES_DSS_BLOCK_DATA_3.DATE_TIME%type;
datetime_tab v_date_time:=v_date_time();
type v_counter is table of T_MES_DSS_BLOCK_DATA_3.Counter%type;
counter_tab v_counter:=v_counter();
type v_column_1 is table of number;
column1_tab v_column_1:=v_column_1();
type v_column_2 is table of number;
column2_tab v_column_2:=v_column_2();
type v_rownum is table of number;
rownum_tab v_rownum:=v_rownum();
Begin --2nd block
--start_time:=dbms_utility.get_time();
open dt;
loop
fetch dt bulk collect into datetime_tab,counter_tab,column1_tab,column2_tab,rownum_tab;
exit when dt%notfound;
end loop;
close dt;
--dbms_output.put_line('Number of Rows in Date_time:- ('||datetime_tab.count||'):');
--dbms_output.put_line('Number of Rows in Counter:- ('||counter_tab.count||'):');
--dbms_output.put_line('Number of Rows in column1:- ('||column1_tab.count||'):');
--dbms_output.put_line('Number of Rows in column2:- ('||column2_tab.count||'):');
--end_time:=dbms_utility.get_time();
--dbms_output.put_line('Total Time:-'||to_char(end_time-start_time)/60);
end; -- 2nd block
end date_time; -- 1st block

Data: stru_tab type ref to data? what data refers to?

Dear friends,
                     Relatively iam new to WDA. can u please explain me below statement.
data: stru_tab type ref to data.

Actually there are not really any Web Dynpro sepecific data types. The ones mentioned are simply data dictionary data types that are defined for use with WD, but can be used in any ABAP applications. You should start your research with just ABAP data types. Look in the ABAPDOCU transaction or search the keyword documentation for DATA. There is lots of documentation on the ABAP native data types.
Here is a little bit of it:
Predefined ABAP Types
The table below shows the predefined ABAP types. Additional attributes can be found under value ranges and initial values.
Type Length Standard length Description
b 1 Byte   1 byte integer (internal)
c 1 to 65,535 characters 1 character Text field
cursor as i as i Database cursor
d 8 characters   Date field
f 8 bytes   Floating point number
i 4 bytes   4 byte integer
n 1 to 65,535 characters 1 character Numeric text
p 1 to 16 bytes 8 bytes Packed number
string variable   Text string
s 2 bytes   2 byte integer (internal)
t 6 characters   Time field
x 1 to 65,535 bytes 1 byte Byte field
xstring variable   Byte string
These types are predefined in every ABAP program.
All predefined ABAP types in this table are elementary.
Apart from the types b and s, the predefined ABAP types can also be used to define your own data types and data objects and for typing. The types b and s cannot be specified directly in ABAP statements. Self-defined data types and data objects in ABAP programs are of the data type b and s if they are defined with reference to data elements to the ABAP Dictionary which are of the external data types INT1 or INT2.
The predefined data types string and xstring describe data objects of variable length (dynamic data objects). While the length of data objects in all other elementary data types is determined for its whole lifetime, the length of text and byte strings varies according to their content (the maximum size of a string is determined by profile parameter ztta/max_memreq_MB, see Maximum size of dynamic data objects).
The program-globally predefined data type cursor is currently synonymous with the predefined ABAP type i. This is required for the declaration of a cursor variable for database cursor handling.
All predefined ABAP types for which a length interval is specified in second column in the table are generic, which means that the length is not part of the type description. For the type p, the fractional portion is indefinite as well as the length.
The entries in the standard length column specify the length that is used for the corresponding generic data type when declaring data objects, if no explicit length is specified in the relevant statement.
In Unicode systems, the length must either be specified in characters and bytes. In non-Unicode systems, the length of a character is one byte, but in Unicode systems the length of a character depends on which Unicode character representation is used.
Generic ABAP Types
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Type Description
any Any data type (suitable for any type)
any table Internal table of any table type
c Text field of generic length
clike Character-type (c, d, n, t, string and character-type flat structures); in non- Unicode programs also x, xstring and any flat structures
csequence Text-type (c, string)
data Any data type
hashed table Hashed table
index table Index table
n numeric text of generic length
numeric Numeric (b, i, p, f, s)
object Any object type (root class of the inheritance hierarchy)
p Packed number of generic length and generic number of decimal places
simple Elementary data type including structured types with exclusively character-type flat components
sorted table Sorted table
Standard table Standard table
table Standard table
x Byte field of generic length
xsequence byte-type (x, xstring)
The genric types clike, csequence, numeric,simple, and xsequence are available as of release 6.10.
Notes
The generic type any currently has the same effect in typing as the generic type data. When declaring references, any cannot yest be specified after REF TO. Generic data references (REF TO data) or generic object references (REF TO object) are possible. The generic type object can currently only be specified after REF TO.
Except for the built-in generic types illustrated in the table above, there are at the moment no self-defined generic types in ABAP with only one exception: A table type defined with TYPES - TABLE OF or defined in the ABAP Dictionary without completely specifying the table key, is also generic.
Predefined Types in the ABAP Dictionary
The following table lists the predefined types in the ABAP Dictionary. These types cannot be used directly in ABAP programs, and are therefore known as external data types. Instead, they are used in the ABAP Dictionary for the definition of data types to which ABAP programs can refer. The predefined data types of the ABAP Dictionary must also be taken into account in Open SQL statements and when working with screens: Open SQL statements work with database tables defined in the ABAP Dictionary whose colums have external data types. Screen fields are also declared in the Screen Painter with reference to external data types.
Type Permitted Places m Meaning ABAP Type
ACCP 6 Accounting period n(6)
CHAR 1-255 Character string c(m)
CLNT 3 Client c(3)
CUKY 5 Currency key c(5)
CURR 1-31 Currency field p((m+1)/2)
DATS 8 Date d
DEC 1-31 Calculation/amount field p((m+1)/2)
FLTP 16 Floating point number f(8)
INT1 3 1 byte integer b
INT2 5 2 byte integer s
INT4 10 4 byte integer i
LANG 1 Language c(1)
LCHR 256-... Long character string c(m)
LRAW 256-... Long byte string x(m)
NUMC 1-255 numerischer Text n(m)
PREC 2 Accuracy of a quantity field s
QUAN 1-31 Quantity field p((m+1)/2)
RAW 1-255 Byte sequence x(m)
RAWSTRING 256-... Byte sequence xstring
SSTRING 1-255 Character string string
STRING 256-... Character string string
TIMS 6 Time t
UNIT 2-3 Unit key c(m)
For types LCHR and LRAW, the maximum number of places in a transparent database table is the value of the preceding INT2 field.
The types RAWSTRING and STRING have a variable length. A maximum length for these types can be specified, but has no upper limit.
The type SSTRING is available as of release 6.10 and it has a variable length. Its maximum length must be specified and is limited to 255. The advantage of this type compared with CHAR, is that it is assigned to the ABAP type string.
The table below shows the data types of the ABAP Dictionary that are based on the predefined types in the above table, and that can be addressed in an ABAP program. The elementary components of these data types are converted to predefined ABAP data types according to the final column in the above table, whereby the number of places m of each type is converted to lengths.
Data types in the ABAP Dictionary Data types in ABAP
Data element Elementary data type, Reference type
Structure, Database table, View Structured data type
Table type Table type
Note
As of release 6.20, a component of structures or database tables that has the type LANG can be identified as a text language. The text language is used for the conversion of character-type components of the structure when importing data from data clusters and for RFC between MDMP systems and Unicode systems.

How to add a mm-dd-yyyy date field type in a Planning Data Form

Hi John,
pls, I have one question regarding the possibility of adding a date field type for example 03-03-2009 in a cell of Planning Data Form application.
for example, I created:
- 2 members in Period dimension: StartProject and EndProject and I need to enter and track date for these fields;
- one Account member called Project;
- and a simple form with these collumns and row;
Trying different settings for my members - seems that I cannot input date in the cell and rcvd errror: "you have entered invalid value".
Pls, can you confirm me if it's possible to enter date type in a form?
If yes, what is the specific setup for the Account and Period properties: Data storage, Time Balance, Data type, Account type etc
many thanks,
Robert

Many thanks John!!! that's it!!!
I had to change it in Data Type evaluation Order because I'm using EPMA and it's working now!!
Thanks again!!!
Rgds,
Robert

Time part of date data type

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