Does the following site help at all?
http://ksadba.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/c...oracle-to_date/Or discussion:
http://www.orafaq.com/forum/t/150700/2/result is:
select to_char(to_date('13/11/1956','DD/MM/YYYY','NLS_CALENDAR=''Gregorian'''),
'DD MONTH YYYY','NLS_CALENDAR=''English Hijrah''') "13/11/1956 is" from dual;
Will need to do the Math to calculate the Age from that.
Hope this gets you closer to where you need to go!
Gavin