You need DY
to represent the short day name for insert:
insert into auctions
values (To_Date('TUE AUGUST 12, 2014 11:01:02','DY MONTH DD, YYYY HH24:MI:SS'));
The interpretation is subject to NLS settings, which may or may not be an issue for you.
The datetime format model elements are listed in the documentation. WTXT
is a new on on me; I think it's complaining about the W
and not looking any further, as week number is only valid in to_char()
.
You probably also want to be using HH24
rather than the 12-hour-clock HH
, since you don't have an am/pm marker.