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Oracle date time

I have four fields:

  • Start_Date = 16-Jun-10
  • Start_Time = 14:37
  • End_Date = 16-Jun-10
  • End_Time = 14:38

I need to calculate the difference from start to end. I tried using the to_date(Start_date || Start_Time) but keep getting this error message:

ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string 01830.00000 - "date format picture ends before converting entire input string"

Thank you for your help. David

+5  A:  
to_date(Start_date||start_time,'DD-MON-YYHH24:MI')
rfusca  2010-06-30 19:02:55
+1: You were first.
OMG Ponies  2010-06-30 19:03:33
By seconds, lol.
rfusca  2010-06-30 19:04:05

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