1) sysDate in Thursday, January 1 st , 2009 format SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, Day, Month , ddth, YYYY ) from dual; THURSDAY, JANUARY

1 ST , 2009 SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, DAY, MONTH , DDTH, YYYY ) from dual; THU,JAN 01, 2009 o SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, DY,MON DD,YYYY ) FROM DUAL; DY,MON DD,YEAR - THU,JAN 01,TWENTY TWELVE DY,MM DD,YYYY - THU,01 01,2009 DY,RM DD,YYYY - THU,II 01,2009 (RM Roman Number of Month)

2) select to_date('January 17, 2009', 'Month DD, YYYY') formatted_date from dual; FORMATTED_DATE -------------17-JAN-09