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to_date [Oracle SQL]

to_date('date-string')
to_date('date-string','format-string')
to_date('date-string','format-string','nls_parameter')
to_date converts a string to a date type.
The behaviour of to_date can be influenced by setting the NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE and NLS_CALENDAR NLS parameters.