I have a NLS date format as DD-MON-RR. This gives me the underlying date format as YY while I want to change it to YYYY. I tried using the following query and it ran successfully
DECLARE
v_date DATE := sysdate;
BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(TO_CHAR(v_date, 'MM/DD/YYYY'));
END;
But that didn't change the default format.
for some context, I am trying to import data from Oracle to Tableau. Unfortunately when I try to export a crosstab from Tableau server it looks at the underlying data rather than whats on the view. This causes the date that I have as 25-Jun-2017 to change to 25-Jun-17 in the excel.
The only workaround I have been able to understand is to change the default format of the underlying/source data which in this case is Oracle DB.
I am using TOAD and am trying to understand how can I change it to possibly DD/MON/RRRR format or something similar with 4 digits in the year column.
Any workaround is also appreciated
As already given in other answers you can set NLS_DATE_FORMAT by ALTER SESSION.
In order to set it only for you local PC, open Registry Editor and navigate to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ORACLE\KEY_%ORACLE_HOME_NAME%, resp. HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\KEY_%ORACLE_HOME_NAME%.
There you can add a String Value NLS_DATE_FORMAT, for example:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\KEY_OraClient11g_home1]
"NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT"="YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SSfmXFF3"
"NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT"="YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SSfmXFF3 fmTZH:TZM"
"NLS_DATE_FORMAT"="YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ORACLE\KEY_OraClient11g_home1]
"NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT"="YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SSfmXFF3"
"NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT"="YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SSfmXFF3 fmTZH:TZM"
"NLS_DATE_FORMAT"="YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS"
You can set NLS_DATE_FORMAT also as an Environment Variable in Windows Settings.
alter session set nls_date_format='DD/MON/RRRR' programmatically in the application or
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER trg_after_logon AFTER LOGON ON DATABASE
BEGIN
execute immediate 'alter session set NLS_DATE_FORMAT=''DD/MON/RRRR''';
END;
in system or sys schema.
Alternatively, you may use
alter system set NLS_DATE_FORMAT='DD/MON/RRRR' scope = both
provided you're in system or sys, again.
Manage your date format masking using the most reasonable approach
First of all, I agree with Alex regarding using to_char. This would be my first choice for modifying date masks for specific requirements.
In Toad on an ad hoc basis, you could just invoke the alter session command as needed:
ALTER SESSION SET nls_date_format='DD/MON/RRRR';
If you are partial to a specific date format mask (and you see yourself often issuing the command, ALTER SESSION SET NLS...) then perhaps you might want to consider changing your user login settings.
If you just modify your specific user preference login file, login.sql (see here ), your session will adhere to the date format mask of your choosing at the beginning of your session. I am partial to creating the environment variable, SQLPATH, and placing my login script there.
Toad will honor your login.sql file settings (e.g. see this post).
Since this is driven by specific requirements or personal preferences, I would never think of modifying this from default at the site level.
Related
If I try a query as
select * from hr.employees
by sqldeveloper I have an output where the field HIRE_DATE is display so:
21-GIU-07
The data format is in according of the land (Italy)
If I use Tora or Toad (an old version) for the query the same row and the same field is display as
HIRE_DATE 2007-06-21 00:00:00
I am not undestand why there is time value in the field HIRE_DATE. In the example is 0 but I have found table where the time is set.
Why Tora/Toad show the time too and not in sqldeveloper ?
Thanks in advance anyone wants to answer
There is a parameter called NLS_DATE_FORMAT which specifies the default format for date data type.
The NLS_DATE_FORMAT has an order of overriding precedence, and tool specific NLS paramter settings will override it. That is the reason why two different tools has different outputs.
This is the most usual order of overriding precendence :
NLS_DATE_FORMAT is in the database initialization parameters, will be overriden by,
Settings of OS environment variable on the client machine, will be overriden by,
NLS parameter setting at session level with ALTER SESSION statements, will be overriden by,
to_date and to_char functions at the sql statement level.
Having said all that, in your situation, you need to check the NLS_DATE_FORMAT in both the tools.
Last but most important, check this link and learn more about the NLS_DATE_FORMAT.
I am trying to convert the format of a varchar2 column from 'DD-MON-YY' to 'DD/MM/YYYY'.
In example: from '01-JAN-16' to '01/01/2016'
In case you can ask or it may help:
'MON' part is in English however my current NLS settings are in Turkish.
All the years are after 2000.
How can I do this?
Thanks in advance..
If you don't provide the NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE parameter, your own session's parameter will be used.
You can override that like so:
select TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('01-JAN-16','DD-MON-YY', 'NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),
'DD/MM/YYYY') from dual;
This will affect only this query, nothing else. If you need to work with many dates like this,
ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE='ENGLISH'
- then you can change it back later, or it will reset to Turkish when this session ends and you start another session.
If you need this change to be made (almost) permanent, put it in your settings in SQL Developer or Toad, or the login.sql for SQL*Plus.
Try this:
TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('01-JAN-16','DD-MON-YY'),'DD/MM/YYYY')
Your data must be clean - everything must conform to the original format or you'll encounter errors on the TO_DATE conversion.
Go to Tools —> Preferences —> Database —-> NLS —> Date Format and change date to DD/MM/YYYY .
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I want to change the date format of Oracle
Now it's DD/MM/YYYY, i want to change it to MM/DD/YYYY
I used a simple code (thank you google)
ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT = 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI';
select sysdate from dual;
The problem is when I disconnect and reconnect, the changes are cancelled,
Any help ?
The main of the change is to let Oracle accept insert date with the format MM/DD/YYYY
Thanks in advance
As you see in your command you're altering session. So after reconnect you have new session that gets server settings. For better understanding please read:
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/A87860_01/doc/server.817/a76966/ch2.htm
I would recommend to insert dates always with to_date(data_string,'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI') and not trust that NLS won't be changed.
If you're using SQL*Plus, you can add the command to set the nls_date_format in the glogin.sql or login.sql files - see this helpful guide.
However, if your requirement is "to let Oracle accept insert date with the format MM/DD/YYYY", why not simply convert the string into a date when you insert it, e.g.:
insert into some_table (id, date_col)
values (1, to_date('10/25/2016', 'mm/dd/yyyy'));
That way, you don't need to worry about formatting issues; it'll automatically be in the correct format.
You can set this format also in your Registry at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\KEY_{Oracle Home Name}\NLS_DATE_FORMAT,
resp.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ORACLE\KEY_{Oracle Home Name}\NLS_DATE_FORMAT
Example to do this from command line:
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\KEY_OraClient11g_home1" /v NLS_DATE_FORMAT /t REG_SZ /d "MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI" /f
Another possibility is to set the value as Environment Variable, e.g.:
set NLS_DATE_FORMAT="MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI"
Note, the Environment Variable takes precedence over Registry settings.
But be aware, these just define the default value of NLS_DATE_FORMAT. It can be changed by ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT = ... command at any time.
Do ALTER SYSTEM instead of SESSION:
ALTER SYSTEM SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT='MM/DD/YYYY' scope=both;
or:
ALTER SYSTEM SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT='MM/DD/YYYY';
More info here.
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Oracle 11g documentation says that default date format is DD-MON-YYYY, which means that if I insert date to a date column using:
insert into table t values(1, '02-JAN-2013')
and then select it
select * from t
it should display as 02-JAN-2013 whereas in reality it displays date as 01/02/2013.
Why his discrepancy or am I missing something.
Ref. http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/fcdb/oracle/or-time.html
FYI. I am using PL/SQL Developer for this experiment.
There isn't really a default date format for the product, the reference guide states that the default for NLS_DATE_FORMAT at system level is based on NLS_TERRITORY. Though this says the 'standard' is `DD-MON-RR', and I think that's what you get if you don't specify a value at database level, at least on the platforms I've worked on.
When you create a new database the initialisation parameters can include a specific NLS_DATE_FORMAT, and that can be changed later too.
But the system-level NLS_DATE_FORMAT can be overridden by the client, the session, or in a TO_CHAR call. You can look in v$nls_parameters to see the system value, and nls_session_parameters to see your current session value. You can change that with alter session if you want to.
I'm pretty sure you'll find that PL/SQL Developer is setting the session NLS_DATE_FORMAT to MM/DD/YYYY somewhere in its preferences.
Generally it's better to not rely on that value at all, and always use an explicit format mask for display, e.g. TO_CHAR(<column>, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS').
There's more on NLS_DATE_FORMAT in the globalisation guide here and here; and a bit about date display here; and an overview of the date format model elements here
It depends of NSL_DATE_FORMAT that depends of NLS_TERRITORY
Give a look to: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14237/initparams122.htm
I am hitting a bit of a problem when using the date datatype. When trying to save a row to the table where the field it throws an error ora 01830 and complains about converting the date format picture ends...etc. Now when I do the insert, I use the to_date function with the format of "dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss". Of course, when I remove the time element, everything is perfect.
Checking sysdate, I noticed that the time element wasn't be displayed, and I used alter session set nls_date_format to set the date and time I want to save to the table, which worked!
I used alter system set nls_date_format ="dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss" scope=spfile; This showed that it was altered, and I can see the setting in the enterprise management console. In sqlplus, I shutdown the database, and restarted with startup mount; alter database open; and then selecting sysdate, it still shows the date as dd-mon-yy, and still no time! Checking the enterprise management, and looking up the nls_date_format the setting is still shown as "dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss".
So, my question is this - what am I doing wrong? Why can't save date and time using date in Oracle 11g?????
Thanks
Dates are stored with "second" granularity in Oracle.
Display formats are dependent on the system and session. In your case, since you are connecting with sqlplus, you are using a default session format from the client that does not include time. You need to execute an:
ALTER SESSION SET nls_date_format ="dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss";
when you start up your sqlplus client in order to change the default display. There is a client side file (glogin.sql?) that sqlplus will run on startup. You can place this kind of command in there if you want it to be executed each you start that client. I'm pretty sure the sqlplus client sends an "alter session set nls_date..." on start up.
In general, when outputting dates, I think it is better to just be explicit on the format by doing a TO_CHAR(myDateColumn, "dd-mon-yyyy hh24:mi:ss"). If you are reading dates programatically, you don't need to worry about it since you are dealing with internal formats, not display formats.
I've seen this error when the input data did not match the date format used. check your, data would be my suggestion.