oracle to_date conversion showing literal does not match string format

Question

If I use a converter for unixtime I get

Tue, 31 May 2005 16:23:17 GMT for 1117556597. If I run the below query, I get the error literal does not match string format. Wh

Answer 1

TO_DATE method tries to match the input with the provided pattern. For ex:

TO_DATE('2003/07/09', 'yyyy/mm/dd')
TO_DATE('070903', 'MMDDYY')
TO_DATE('20020315', 'yyyymmdd')

you can check http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/functions183.htm

I guess this will help you (haven't tested)

SELECT TO_CHAR(TO_DATE('01-JAN-1970','DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') + 
( 1117556597/ (1000*60 * 60 * 24) ),'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') "DATE" FROM DUAL ;