SQL> SQL> -- Datatype conversion SQL> SQL> DECLARE 2 myDate DATE; 3 BEGIN 4 myDate := TO_DATE('January 01, 2000','Month DD, YYYY'); 5 6 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(myDate); 7 END; 8 9 10 11 / 01-JAN-00 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL>