How to display date in a different format in oracle

Question

I have a table with a date field. By default, select max(date) from table; returns the date in \'dd-mmm-yy\' format. How do I select the date in \'MM/DD/YYYY\'

Answer 1

Check out the to_char function and the date/time formats it accepts.

select to_char(sysdate, 'MM/DD/YYYY')
from dual;