How to insert date value through xml in oracle

Question

hi,  I am inserting data using xml string. Everything is working perfect but it shows error when i try to insert data into a table with date coloumn. it shows unparsable date error.... I am using this format of date 1-jan-2011
my prcedure and java method is as follows...
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure app_data.Insert_callrepHeader(xmlDoc in CLOB,t_id out varchar2,flag out varchar2) is
insCtx DBMS_XMLSave.ctxType;
rows number;
t_tablename VARCHAR2(300);
t_seqval varchar2(100);
begin
t_tablename:='T_CALLREPORT_HDR';
insCtx := DBMS_XMLSave.newContext(t_tablename);
rows := DBMS_XMLSave.insertXML(insCtx,xmlDoc);
dbms_output.put_line(to_char(rows) || ' rows inserted');
DBMS_XMLSave.closeContext(insCtx);
select SEQ_T_CALLREPORT_HDR.currval into t_seqval from dual;
dbms_output.put_line(to_char(t_seqval) || ' is the current sequence number');
end;
public void insertAll(String[][] dbTblFieldValues) throws Exception
Connection conn=null;
conn=getOracleConnection();
try
String str="<ROWSET>"+
"<ROW>"+
"<PROCESSNAME>sheet</PROCESSNAME>"+
"<FK_EMPID>1</FK_EMPID>"+
"<FK_JRNY_PLAN_HDR_ID>278</FK_JRNY_PLAN_HDR_ID>"+
"<FK_DIVISIONID>3</FK_DIVISIONID>"+
"<STARTDATE>7-may-2011</STARTDATE>"+ what should be the format of this date????_+
"<COMMENTSFORWEEK>comment</COMMENTSFORWEEK>"+
"<SAPCODE>mysapcode300</SAPCODE>"+
"<WEEKNO>1</WEEKNO>"+
"<TOTALEXPENSE>800</TOTALEXPENSE>"+
"<VENDORINVOICETYPE>mytype</VENDORINVOICETYPE>"+
"<REPORTNO>1</REPORTNO>"+
"<SUBPROCESSID>800</SUBPROCESSID>"+
"</ROW>"+
"</ROWSET>";
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(400000);
sb.append(str);
String clobValue = sb.toString();
PreparedStatement preparedStatement=conn.prepareStatement("{call INSERT_CALLREPHEADER (?,?,?)}");
preparedStatement.setString(1, clobValue);
preparedStatement.setString(2,null );
preparedStatement.setString(3,null );
preparedStatement.execute();
preparedStatement.close();
conn.close();
catch (Exception e) {
// System.out.println(e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
}

Answer 1

I have got the answer...
use DBMS_XMLSave.setdateformat(insCtx, 'dd-MM-yyyy'); and u can change ur date format....