[oracle] Oracle comparing timestamp with date

You can truncate the date part:

select * from table1 where trunc(field1) = to_date('2012-01-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD')

The trouble with this approach is that any index on field1 wouldn't be used due to the function call.

Alternatively (and more index friendly)

select * from table1 
 where field1 >= to_timestamp('2012-01-01', 'YYYY-MM-DD') 
   and field1 < to_timestamp('2012-01-02', 'YYYY-MM-DD')