By default, you can supply a date with the format DD-MON-YYYY to the database, where:
DD is a two-digit day such as 05
MON is the first three letters of the month such as FEB
YYYY is a four-digit year such as 1968
SQL>
SQL> -- create demo table
SQL> create table Employee(
2 ID VARCHAR2(4 BYTE) ,
3 First_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
4 Last_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
5 Start_Date DATE,
6 End_Date DATE,
7 Salary Number(8,2),
8 City VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
9 Description VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
10 )
11 /
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> -- prepare data
SQL> insert into Employee(Start_Date) values ('05-FEB-2005')
2 /
SQL>
SQL> -- clean the table
SQL> drop table Employee
2 /
Table dropped.