Oracle Date Format And Compare

Oracle dates have a different format than SQL Server dates.  So to select a date for the Oracle database you have to have the date in the following format.  

string myDate = "10/9/2012 2:55:25 PM";

  string sql = "SELET * FROM SomeTable WHERE SomeDateField=" +
       "to_date('" + myDate + "','" + "MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS " + 
       myDate.Substring(myDate.Length - 2) + "');";