I've had success  using 

to_date(field, 'mm/dd/yyyy')


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-----Original Message-----
From: Mo Lay [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 10:05 AM
To: cf-newbie
Subject: convert string to date format


Hi folks,

i am capturing a "mmm-yy" as a date from java variable to  coldfusion field in 
order to pass it to Oracle DB.

When trying to insert it , i am getting error from Oracle ORA-01843: not a 
valid month.
i know what that means as my destination field is date type.

i am using DateFormat (field,"mm/dd/yyyy") to mask it as Oracle wants but it 
seems still being ignored ...
Is there another way in CF to convert string to Date ?

thanks guys 



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