Question

In my db max date is as : 27-FEB-12

when i am fetching data by java from db that is:

select to_char(max(CREATE_DT),'dd-mm-yyyy') from PROFILE_DETAILS;

gives me 2012-02-27 00:00:00.0

How can i convert it to: 27-FEB-12( i am trying to use indian date format)

Any idea please

Answer 1

I don’t know why you need to_char function in your query. If you are fetching data by jdbc, oracle could give you Date object. It is in your case much easier to convert into different format (String) in future.

anyway based on your current requirement, with to_char, you get a String 2012-02-27 00:00:00.0. now you want to get another string 27-FEB-12. you could do something like below(exception handling was omitted):

final String s = "2012-02-27 00:00:00.0";
String newDateString = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy").format(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S").parse(s));

this will give you 27-Feb-12