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(Oracle_Function) functions. For Java-based formatting, please see VALUE_FORMAT.| 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 |
