TO_NCHAR (datetime)

Syntax

to_nchar_date::=

Description of the illustration to_nchar_date.gif

Purpose

TO_NCHAR (datetime) converts a datetime or interval value of DATE, TIMESTAMP, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE, INTERVAL MONTH TO YEAR, or INTERVAL DAY TO SECOND datatype from the database character set to the national character set.

Examples

The following example converts the order_date of all orders whose status is 9 to the national character set:

SELECT TO_NCHAR(order_date) FROM orders 
   WHERE order_status > 9; 

TO_NCHAR(ORDER_DATE) 
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14-SEP-99 08.53.40.223345 AM 
13-SEP-99 09.19.00.654279 AM 
27-JUN-00 08.53.32.335522 PM 
26-JUN-00 09.19.43.190089 PM 
06-DEC-99 01.22.34.225609 PM