I get the same date for Oct 5 - 15 (10/15/02). Good thing I don't deal with dates that far back. ;^)
-- Alan Davey [EMAIL PROTECTED] 212-604-0200 x106 On 11/22/2002 12:55 PM, Freeman, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Don't believe me?? Try this: > >create table test(the_date date); > >insert into test values (to_date('10-05-1582','mm-dd-yyyy') ); > >select to_char(the_date, 'mm/dd/yyyy') from test; > >What do you get? :-)) > >Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP >Oracle Database Architect >CSX Midtier Database Administration >Author of several Oracle books you can find on Amazon.com! > >Londo Mollari: Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. >How >efficient of you. > > >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >-- >Author: Freeman, Robert > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com >San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and >in >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Alan Davey INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).