The correct format is:
to_date('19980607','%Y%m%d')
Best Regards,
Octav
On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 01:53:26PM +0200, Aurelio wrote:
>
> Why this expression doesn't work?
>
> to_date('19980607','yyyymmdd')
>
> [Informix][Dynamic Server][dbname] SQL Error (-1277) : Input does not
> match format specification.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
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