Select multiple date ranges?

Question

I am looking to select from a set of date ranges. I know that a UNION will work, but how to I get a valid set of results from multiple dates without a UNION?
example:
select date from test
where date >= '01-MAR-07 0000'
and date <= '02-MAR-07 0000'
and date >= '04-MAR-07 0000'
and date <= '08-MAR-07 0000'
order by date;
This gets zero records.
But if I use UNION:
select date from test
where date >= '01-MAR-07 0000'
and date <= '02-MAR-07 0000'
union
select datre from test
and date >= '04-MAR-07 0000'
and date <= '08-MAR-07 0000'
order by date;
It works, I get the records in no test table.
How can I structure this query to work without UNION?

Answer 1

true, date is taken eh?
I am still running into an issue:
Let's say I am using the following context:
select date1, name from test
where name in ('SUNDAR', 'ASUNDAR')
and date1 >= '01-MAR-07 0000'
and date1 <= '03-MAR-07 0000'
or (date1 >= '05-MAR-07 0000'
and date1 <= 07-MAR-07 0000');
My results are wrong, it would not include the select as part of the or clause.