Oracle Julian day of year

julian-date, oracle, sql

Solution

If you check the TO_CHAR (datetime) documentation you get a link to "Format Models" with a comprehensive list of available formats. I guess you want this:

`DDD` Day of year (1-366)

Problem

how can I select Julian day of year in Oracle database? I tried: select to_char(sysdate, 'J') from dual; Which gives me the number of days since January 1, 4712 BC. But I would need the number of days since 1.1. of current year.

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