Trying to load data 'Tues Aug 30 12:30:01' into a date field

Question

I am having trouble loading data into a DATE field. The data is in the following format 'Tues Aug 30 12:30:01 2011'. I'd like to load it in this format if possible but I've had a lot of problems doing so. I'd be happy to get it loaded as dd/mm/yyyy hh24:mi:ss. Can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks.

Answer 1

The "s" in your Tues day abbreviation might throw Oracle off a little depending on your NLS settings.
If you drop the "s" off you could use the to_date function passing in your date format like this and it should work:
to_date('Tue Aug 30 12:30:01 2011', 'DY MON DD HH24:MI:SS YYYY')Easy to verify by selecting it from dual, but you can use it in your insert statement as well.
SELECT to_date('Tue Aug 30 12:30:01 2011', 'DY MON DD HH24:MI:SS YYYY') FROM dual
insert into atest columns(dates) values(to_date('Tue Aug 30 12:30:01 2011', 'DY MON DD HH24:MI:SS YYYY'));Do you have control over how the date is formatted prior to loading it?