SQL TO_DATE Function: Convert Strings to Dates

In SQL statements, the to_date function is used to convert a string into a date format. Here is its syntax:

TO_DATE(string, format)

In this case, string represents the string to be converted, while format indicates the format of the string.

For example, to convert the string ‘2021-10-15’ into a date format, you can use the following SQL statement:

SELECT TO_DATE('2021-10-15', 'YYYY-MM-DD') AS date_column

This will convert the string ‘2021-10-15’ into a date format and display it in the query results.