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SQL Language (MOSC)

Strange failure with to_date

Nov 5, 2013 11:42PM edited Dec 21, 2013 12:19AM in SQL Language (MOSC) 7 commentsAnswered

select to_char(to_date('1900','yyyy'),'yyyymmdd') from dual;

returns

19001101

If you put the month in it's correct

select to_char(to_date('190001','yyyymm'),'yyyymmdd') from dual;

returns

19000101

This applies to all years that I have looked at.

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