TIMESTAMP_TO_CHAR

Converts a value of TIMESTAMP data type to a value of VARCHAR2 data type in a specified format. If you do not specify a format, then the function converts values to the default timestamp format.

Syntax

See the syntax of the TO_CHAR function in Oracle Database SQL Language Reference.

Restrictions

The following restrictions apply when you use the TIMESTAMP_TO_CHAR function in the SELECT command:

  • The function converts only TIMESTAMP data type. TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, TIMESTAMP WITH LOCAL TIME ZONE, and other data types are not supported.

  • The function does not support the nlsparm argument. The function uses the default language for your session.

Example

This example converts the create_time for each incident from a TIMESTAMP data type to a VARCHAR2 data type in the DD-MON-YYYY format.

select timestamp_to_char(create_time, 'DD-MON-YYYY') from incident;