!!!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 [{If var='loginstatus' contains 'authenticated' ---- ![Discussion|Edit:Internal.DATE+FORMAT+MODELS] [{InsertPage page='Internal.DATE+FORMAT+MODELS' default='Click to create a new discussion page'}] }]