extract date only from given timestamp in oracle sql

Question

The following query:

select cdate from rprt where cdate <= TO_CHAR(sysdate, \'YYYY/MM/DD-HH24-MI-SS-SSSSS\') and ryg=\'R\' and cnum=\'C002\';

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Answer 1

Use the function cast() to convert from timestamp to date

select to_char(cast(sysdate as date),'DD-MM-YYYY') from dual;

For more info of function cast oracle11g http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28286/functions016.htm#SQLRF51256