Need help converting date in format 20120130 to Date data type oracle sql

Question

Could you please help me in converting date from the format \"20120101\" to DATE format in Orcle Sql.

I looked at this link but it does not mention if the date format is

Answer 1

to_date('20120101','YYYYMMDD')

should be fine...

Answer 2

If you have a string '20120101' that you want to convert into a date, assuming that the string contains a 4 digit year followed by a 2 digit month and a 2 digit day

to_date( '20120101', 'YYYYMMDD' )

Answer 3

You cans specify the format:

to_date('20120101', 'yyyymmdd')

Answer 4

SELECT to_date('20120101','YYYYMMDD') FROM dual;