Re: seconds from midnight into a date field?

From: Edgar Chupit <edgar.chupit_at_rs.lv>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:01:39 +0300
Message-ID: <69616652.20040712160139@rs.lv>

Hello ryan,

Monday, July 12, 2004, 3:54:35 PM, you wrote:

rgcn> I have a varchar field that I need to migrate to a date field. it is in the form 'seconds from midnight' and looks like this
rgcn> 0001
rgcn> 0050
rgcn> 1054
rgcn> I can't find a to_date function to translate that. do any exist? 

Table 2-16 Datetime Format Elements:
SSSSS Yes Seconds past midnight (0-86399).

SQL> select dt, to_date( dt, 'SSSSS')
  2 from tt1
  3 /

DT TO_DATE(DT,'SSSSS')
---- --------------------

0001 01.07.2004. 00:00:01
0050 01.07.2004. 00:00:50
1054 01.07.2004. 00:17:34

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Best regards,
 Edgar

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