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ORA-01841, ORA-01847 When Converting Date To Timestamp In Bulgarian (Doc ID 2391990.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 07, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

ORA-01841 is reported while selecting from dba_users.

The core issue is that to_timestamp can not parse the string returned from to_char( , 'DD-MON-YYYY' )

The issue appears only when using short-name months - March, June, etc. which in Bulgarian are spelled Март, Юни, etc.

Steps to reproduce the issue in 12c:






Changes

 

Cause

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