Ooops! I should have checked: that format string should be 'YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24:MI:SS.FFF' Sorry, Gus On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Gus Spier <gus.spier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Will TO_DATE() not work? > > TO_DATE(l_amazon_date, 'YYYY-MM-DDTHH24:MI:SS.FFF') > > r, > > Gus > > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Eugene Pipko <eugene.pipko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am getting this value back from Amazon.com and wonder if it can be >> processed in Oracle? >> >> >> >> <LastUpdateDate>2011-05-24T23:21:30.000Z</LastUpdateDate> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Eugene >> >> >> > >