SQL> SQL> SQL> SET ECHO ON SQL> SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SQL> DECLARE 2 age DATE; 3 4 BEGIN 5 age := TO_DATE ('12-1-2000','mm-dd-yyyy'); 6 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('age:'); 7 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(age); 8 END; 9 / age: 01-DEC-00 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.