Oracle Database has three core data types for storing datetime values: DATE, TIMESTAMP, and INTERVAL. The database provides many functions to help you work with these types.

Watch this back-to-basics session to learn how to use datetime values in Oracle Database. Highlights include:

3:10 - Data types; DATE, TIMESTAMP, INTERVAL
6:30 - Why implicit conversion errors happen and how to stop them
9:45 - Default on conversion error clause
12:40 Validate_conversion function
15:00 Setting the default display format for datetime values
17:10 DATE and TIMESTAMP literals
18:15 TRUNC to round down dates
19:20 String-to-date conversion demos
25:30 Flexible format matching demo
32:25 Datetime to string conversion demo
34:10 Cast DATE <> TIMESTAMP demo
35:30 Interval literals and conversion demo
37:05 Datetime arithmetic
38:50 Get a duration in seconds
40:30 Adding or removing months
40:55 Datetime arithmetic demo
42:45 Adding or removing months demo
53:00 Dealing with time zones
56:35 Demo of time zone logic
1:03:50 Final recap

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