Cast string to TIMESTAMP : Timestamp « Date Timezone « Oracle PL / SQL

Cast string to TIMESTAMP

 
SQL>
SQL> create table MyTable (
  2      title   varchar2(100),
  3      phone   varchar2(20),
  4      place   varchar2(100),
  5      starts  timestamp with time zone);

Table created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into MyTable (title, phone, place, starts)
  2  values ('Sales', '999.123.4567', 'Washington',TIMESTAMP '2001-12-01 15:00:00.000000 EST');

1 row created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into MyTable (title, phone, place, starts)
  2  values ('Product', '000.123.4567', 'San Francisco',TIMESTAMP '2001-12-01 17:00:00.000000 PST');

1 row created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into MyTable (title, phone, place, starts)
  2  values ('Highlights', '111 1234 5678', 'London', TIMESTAMP '2001-12-01 20:00:00.000000 GMT');

1 row created.

SQL>
SQL> select dbtimezone from dual;

DBTIME
------
+00:00

SQL>
SQL> select title, phone
  2  from MyTable
  3  where starts = TIMESTAMP '2001-12-01 15:00:00.000000 -5:00';

TITLE                                                                                                PHONE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------
Sales                                                                                                999.123.4567
Highlights                                                                                           111 1234 5678

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> drop table MyTable;

Table dropped.

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