When getting the day and/or month name from a date in Oracle, you may want to return it in uppercase, lowercase, or title case.
Fortunately, this is easy to do. The result reflects the capitalisation of your format model.
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Return the Short Month Name from a Date in Oracle
In Oracle Database, we can use the TO_CHAR(datetime) function to return the various date parts from a datetime value, including the short month name.
The short month name is also referred to as the abbreviated month name. Examples of returning the short month name are below.
4 Ways to Separate Hours, Minutes, and Seconds from a Time Value in MariaDB
MariaDB has several functions that enable you to extract various date and time parts from date/time values. You can use these to separate each date/time component into its own column if required.
Below are four ways to extract the hours, minutes, and seconds from a time value in MariaDB. As a bonus, we’ll also include microseconds.
How to Return Fractional Seconds from a Datetime Value in Oracle
When using Oracle Database, you can use the TO_CHAR(datetime) function to return various parts of a datetime value, including the fractional seconds.
To return the fractional seconds part from a datetime value, use the FF format element.
MariaDB Composite Date & Time Units Explained
MariaDB includes a bunch of date and time units that you can use when working with date and time values. For example, MONTH is a unit, and HOUR is another unit.
Some units are composite units. Composite units are when two units get combined into one. The naming convention is that each unit name is separated by an underscore. For example, MINUTE_SECOND is for minutes and seconds.
Below are some examples that demonstrate how composite units work in MariaDB.
How to Add the AD/BC Indicator to a Date in Oracle
When using the TO_CHAR() function to format a datetime value in Oracle Database, you can add the AD/BC indicator by simply adding either AD or BC to your format model.
Oracle then displays the appropriate indicator, depending on whether the date value is AD or BC.
You can provide it in any uppercase or lowercase, and with or without dots (e.g. AD, A.D. ad, a.d, etc). Oracle will then display the indicator as specified.
2 Functions that Return the Seconds from a Datetime Value in Oracle
Below are two functions that can be used to return the seconds portion from a datetime value in Oracle Database.
How to Format Dates in Oracle
This article contains common examples of formatting dates in Oracle Database.
How to Return the Number of Seconds Past Midnight in Oracle Database
Oracle Database provides the SSSSS format element that enables us to get the number of seconds past midnight from a given datetime value.
How to Get the Month Name from a Date in Oracle
In Oracle Database, the TO_CHAR(datetime) allows us to return a datetime value, formatted in a way that we specify.
One of the things we can do is return the month name from a date.