Date format in external table

Hi All,
I have a flat file which has date field that looks like '2007-08-09 19:04:03.597000000'. I have to create an external table to read the file. I tried giving these two date formats 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss.ff' and 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss.ms'. But none of them works. what should be the date format to be mentioned in external table defnition?
The external table defnition is like
CREATE TABLE EXT_TEST
( "ID" NUMBER(10,0),
"DATE_COL" DATE
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY "EXT_TAB_DIR"
ACCESS PARAMETERS
( RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|'
MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL(
ID,
"DATE_COL" DATE "yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss.ff"
LOCATION
( 'test.dat'
REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED;
Thanks

Thanks for the help,
I have one more date column and the format is like 1/31/2007 4:03:56 PM. The external table defnition looks like
CREATE TABLE EXT_TEST
( "ID" NUMBER(10,0),
"DATE_COL" DATE
ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
DEFAULT DIRECTORY "EXT_TAB_DIR"
ACCESS PARAMETERS
( RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|'
MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL(
ID,
"DATE_COL" char date_format date mask "M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss tt"
LOCATION
( 'test.dat'
REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED;
But this again gives an error. Is this the correct date format?

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