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You are doing everything right by using a to_date function and specifying the time. The time is there in the database. The trouble is just that when you select a column of DATE datatype from the database, the default format mask doesn't show the time.If you issue a. alter session set nls_date_format = 'dd/MON/yyyy hh24:mi:ss'.ou are doing everything right by using a to_date function and specifying the time. The time is there in the database. The trouble is just that when you select a column of DATE datatype from the database, the default format mask doesn't show the time.
SQL Server comes with the following data types for storing a date or a date/time value in the database: 1  DATE-format YYYY-MM-DD. 2  DATETIME-format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS. 3  SMALLDATETIME-format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS. 4  TIMESTAMP-format: a unique number.