Problem with to_date/to_char

[Amin Schoeib]

Hi,
Can somebody tell me why this query don't work when I use to_date
Instead of to_char

By using to_char:

select
to_char(last_day(cast(current_date - interval '1 month' as date)),'DD.MM.YYYY')
;

Result: 31.08.2003

By using to_date:

select
to_date(last_day(cast(current_date - interval '1 month' as date)),'DD.MM.YYYY')
;

Result: 01.23.0037

What can I do that this query works correctly with to_date?

Thanxx

Schoeib

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[Karel Zak]

On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 11:26:05AM +0200, Amin Schoeib wrote:

Hi,
Can somebody tell me why this query don't work when I use to_date
Instead of to_char

By using to_char:

select
to_char(last_day(cast(current_date - interval '1 month' as date)),'DD.MM.YYYY')
;

Result: 31.08.2003

By using to_date:

select
to_date(last_day(cast(current_date - interval '1 month' as date)),'DD.MM.YYYY')
;

to_date() do conversion from 'string' to 'data' .... see docs.

Karel

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