Get Timestamp value for Date column in SQL Developer.

Most of the times when we look at Oracle tables from SQL Developer we find that the date column not showing the timestamp. A simple way to get the timestamp is using CAST function.

select cast(last_update_date as timestamp) from table_name.

Also there is a mroe easier way to see the timestamp in the settings of SQL Developer.

Tools -> Preferences -> Database -> NLS Parameters
Change Date Format to DD-MON-RRRR HH24:MI:SS

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