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Asked: 2026-05-26T15:58:56+00:00

There must be a very simple answer, but I can’t find it anywhere. I

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There must be a very simple answer, but I can’t find it anywhere.

I have the following which is a section of my select statement:

       case when q.renewal_date is not null then
            to_date(q._renewal_date, 'DD/MM/YYYY')
       else
            to_date(w.END_DATE, 'DD/MM/YYYY')
       end END_DATE,

according to all of the docs I can find the MM should give the month in numbers however I’m getting results such as:

30-SEP-12
26-JUN-11
30-SEP-12

It’s also interesting that they’re hyphenated (-) and not with slashes (/).

So what’s the reason for this and how do I achieve what I want?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Assuming w.end_Date and q._renewal_date are actual dates, you want to to_char them, not to_date. At present I would say you are seeing the dates in the format specified by your NLS settings. (If they are not dates, you are converting them to dates, but still letting your NLS settings choose the format you view it in)

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