convert date type to mm/dd/yyyy format in oracle

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I have a procedure which takes Start_date and End_Date as input parameters. These parameters are of Date datatype.My query is as follows:

select count(1) from table_name where inspection_date between start_date and end_date;

when I provide values the input parameters as: start_date: 1/1/1800 or 1/1/2000 the query take the start date as 1-jan-00 as result of which I am not getting correct result.

I also tried to convert it into mm/dd/yyyy format using to_date(to_char(start_date,'mm/dd/yyyy),'mm/dd/yyyy') and stored in a variable of type timestamp(6) but still its not giving correct result .

Please let me know how to perform this operation.

Posted 10-Sep-12 7:54am

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Kuthuparakkal · Answer 1 · 2012-09-10T08:13:00

SQL

select count(1) 
from table_name 
where inspection_date 
         between 
                to_date(start_date, 'MM/DD/YYYY')) 
         and    to_date(end_date, 'MM/DD/YYYY'));

And make sure you inout the start_date and end_date as :

<br />
'11/01/2008'<br />
'11/01/2010'<br />

Thanks,

Kuthuparakkal