How to convert a string to a date in Oracle?

In Oracle, you can use the TO_DATE function to convert a string to a date. The syntax of the TO_DATE function is as follows:

Convert a string to a date using a specified format and language settings.

Among them:

1. String: String that needs to be converted to a date.
2. Format: The specified format for the string of date.
3. nls_language: Optional parameter that specifies the language environment.

Here is an example of converting the string ‘2022/01/01’ to a date:

Convert the date ‘2022/01/01’ to a date format and display it from the database.

This will return a value of date type, representing ‘2022/01/01’.