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Four Digit Century Date Lost after Converting Character to Date Format (Doc ID 1014213.6)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 8.0.6.0 and later
SQL*Plus - Version 8.0.6.0 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Generic UNIX

Symptoms

When you convert a character field into a date field, the century information is lost.

Cause

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