How to insert a timestamp in Oracle?

Question

I have an Oracle DB with a timestamp field in it. What is the correct SQL code to insert a timestamp into this field?

Answer 1

insert
into tablename (timestamp_value)
values (TO_TIMESTAMP(:ts_val, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS'));

if you want the current time stamp to be inserted then:

insert
into tablename (timestamp_value)
values (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP);

Answer 2

CREATE TABLE Table1 (
id int identity(1, 1) NOT NULL,
Somecolmn varchar (5),
LastChanged [timestamp] NOT NULL)

this works for mssql 2012

INSERT INTO Table1 VALUES('hello',DEFAULT)  

Answer 3

For my own future reference:

With cx_Oracle use cursor.setinputsize(...):

mycursor = connection.cursor();

mycursor.setinputsize( mytimestamp=cx_Oracle.TIMESTAMP );
params = { 'mytimestamp': timestampVar };
cusrsor.execute("INSERT INTO mytable (timestamp_field9 VALUES(:mytimestamp)", params);

No converting in the db needed. See Oracle Documentation

Answer 4

I prefer ANSI timestamp literals:

insert into the_table 
  (the_timestamp_column)
values 
  (timestamp '2017-10-12 21:22:23');

More details in the manual: https://docs.oracle.com/database/121/SQLRF/sql_elements003.htm#SQLRF51062

Answer 5

INSERT
INTO    mytable (timestamp_field)
VALUES  (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP and SYSTIMESTAMP are Oracle reserved words for this purpose. They are the timestamp analog of SYSDATE.

Answer 6

Inserting date in sql

insert
into tablename (timestamp_value)
values ('dd-mm-yyyy hh-mm-ss AM');

If suppose we wanted to insert system date

insert
into tablename (timestamp_value)
values (sysdate);