'YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24:MI:SS.FFF' is still an invalid format string. In timestamps the format would be 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SSxFF TZH:TZM' But that still won't work; Wolfgang Breitling provided the simplest of solution as compared to my convoluted attempt at confusion. :D David Fitzjarrell ________________________________ From: Gus Spier <gus.spier@xxxxxxxxx> To: eugene.pipko@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thu, June 9, 2011 5:12:12 PM Subject: Re: date format mask? 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 >> >