How can I achieve date truncation in Oracle?

2 years ago
Olivia Parker
1 minute

In Oracle, you can use the TO_CHAR function to extract different parts of a date.

Here are some commonly used methods for capturing dates:

  1. Extract year:
  2. Convert the date column in your table to show only the year in YYYY format.
  3. Extract month:
  4. Retrieve the month from the date column in your table and convert it to a character format.
  5. Cut-off date:
  6. Retrieve the day from the date column in your table and convert it to a character.
  7. Capture the moment:
  8. Choose the hour from your table’s date column in 24-hour format.
  9. Capture minutes
  10. Retrieve the minute portion of your_date_column in your_table and convert it to a character format.
  11. Clip seconds:
  12. Convert the date column to display only the seconds.

You can also use other formatting options, depending on the level of detail you need for the date.

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