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Michael Widenius 9deae06144 MDEV-19683 Add support for Oracle TO_DATE()
Syntax:
TO_DATE(string_expression [DEFAULT string_expression ON CONVERSION ERROR],
        format_string)
The format_string has the same format elements as TO_CHAR(), except a
few elements that are not supported.
TO_DATE() returns a datetime or date value, depending on the format
elements used.

Allowed separators, same as tochar():
space, tab and any of !#%'()*+,-./:;<=>

'&' can also be used if next character is not a character a-z or A-Z
"text' indicates a text string that is verbatim in the format. One cannot
use " as a separator.

Format elements supported by TO_DATE():
AD          Anno Domini ("in the year of the Lord")
AD_DOT      Anno Domini ("in the year of the Lord")
AM          Meridian indicator (Before midday)
AM_DOT      Meridian indicator (Before midday)
DAY         Name of day
DD          Day (1-31)
DDD         Day of year (1-336)
DY          Abbreviated name of day
FF[1-6]     Fractional seconds
HH          Hour (1-12)
HH12        Hour (1-12)
HH24        Hour (0-23)
IW          Week of year (1-53). Used with I, IY...IYYY. ISO 8601
MI          Minutes (0-59)
MM          Month (1-12)
MON         Abbreviated name of month
MONTH       Name of Month
PM          Meridian indicator (After midday)
PM_DOT      Meridian indicator (After midday)
RR          20th century dates in the 21st century. 2 digits
            50-99 is assumed from 2000, 0-49 is assumed from 1900.
RRRR        20th century dates in the 21st century. 4 digits
SS          Seconds
Y           1 digit year
YY          2 digits year
YYY         3 digits year
YYYY        4 digits year

Note that if there is a missing part of the date, the current date is used!
For example if 'MM-DD HH-MM-SS' then the current year will be used.

Not supported:
BC, D, DL, DS, E, EE, FM, FX, RM, SSSSS, TS, TZD, TZH, TZR, X,SY
BC is not supported by MariaDB datetime.
Most of the other are exotic formats, format modifies other things that
does not make in MariaDB as we return a date or a datetime, not string.
D (day-of-week) is not supported as it is not clear exactly how it would
map to MariaDB. This element depends on the NLS territory of the session.

New formats handled by TO_CHAR():
FF[1-6]     Fractional seconds
DDD         Daynumber 1-366
IW          Week 1-53 according to ISO 8601
I           1 digit year according to ISO 8601
IY          2 digit year according to ISO 8601
IYY         3 digit year according to ISO 8601
IYYY        4 digit year according to ISO 8601
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