I have a problem when trying to parse a date in Oracle:
TO_DATE(\'Fri May 16 14:30:57 EDT 2014\', \'DY MON DD HH24:MI:SS TZD YYYY\')
This one works:
select TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ('May 16 14:30;57 EDT 2014', 'MON DD HH24:MI:SS TZD YYYY') from dual;