Date Timestamp Functions Oracle PLSQL Tutorial

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  4. TO_TIMESTAMP(x, format) convert the string x ( CHAR , VARCHAR2 , NCHAR , or NVARCHAR2 ) to a TIMESTAMP
SQL>
SQL> SELECT TO_TIMESTAMP('2005-05-13 07:15:31.1234', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.FF')
  2  FROM dual;
TO_TIMESTAMP('2005-05-1307:15:31.1234','YYYY-MM-DDHH24:MI:SS.FF')
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13-MAY-05 07.15.31.123400000 AM
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