Convert timestamp to date in Oracle SQL

Question

How can we convert timestamp to date?

The table has a field, start_ts which is of the timestamp format:

\'05/13/2016 4:58:1         


        

Answer 1

Format like this while selecting:

to_char(systimestamp, 'DD-MON-YYYY')

Eg:

select to_char(systimestamp, 'DD-MON-YYYY') from dual;