RE: wrong display of year

From: Viswalingam Mohan <Viswalingam_Mohan_at_ril.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 09:53:39 +0530
Message-Id: <10735.126074@fatcity.com>

dear all
what is this 'mm/dd/rrrr' format i tried it but ??

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To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> cc: (bcc: Viswalingam Mohan/JAMNAGAR/RIL) Subject: RE: wrong display of year

known problem,
use the RRRR format.
'mm/dd/rrrr'

Thanks,
Amar Kumar Padhi
Software Consultant

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Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 6:50 AM
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gurus,

when i issue a select command to display date in mm/dd/yyyy format , the year 1999 is displayed as 2099.

select to_char(process_date,'MM/DD/YYYY) from TEST;

PROCESS_DATE

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01-01-2099
02-03-2000

what can i do to correct this?
Grace Lim
Suy Sing Comm'l Corp.
(063)-02-247-41-34

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Received on Mon Jan 08 2001 - 22:23:39 CST