!!!ORACLE DATE FORMAT MODELS for TO_CHAR and TO_DATE
This table lists the date format elements.  You can use any combination of these elements as the format argument of the [TO_CHAR] or [TO_DATE] functions.

||Parameter ||Explanation
|YEAR	|Year, spelled out
|YYYY	|4-digit year
|YYY    |Last 3 digits of year.
|YY     |Last 2 digits of year.
|Y	|Last 1 digit of year.
|Q	|Quarter of year (1, 2, 3, 4; JAN-MAR = 1).
|MM	|Month (01-12; JAN = 01).
|MON	|Abbreviated name of month (.e.g JAN FEB)
|MONTH	|Name of month, padded with blanks to length of 9 characters.
|RM	|Roman numeral month (I-XII; JAN = I).
|WW	|Week of year (1-53) where week 1 starts on the first day of the year and continues to the seventh day of the year.
|W	|Week of month (1-5) where week 1 starts on the first day of the month and ends on the seventh.
|D	|Day of week (1-7).
|DAY	|Name of day.
|DD	|Day of month (1-31).
|DDD	|Day of year (1-366).
|DY	|Abbreviated name of day.
|J	|Julian day; the number of days since January 1, 4712 BC.
|HH or HH12	|Hour of day (1-12).
|HH24	|Hour of day (0-23).
|MI	|Minute (0-59).
|SS	|Second (0-59).
|SSSSS	|Seconds past midnight (0-86399).
|FF	|Fractional seconds. Use a value from 1 to 9 after FF to indicate the number of digits in the fractional seconds. For example, 'FF4'.
|AM, A.M., PM, or P.M.|	Meridian indicator


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