Formating dates with to_char function

Hi,,
Inside a pl/sql procedure Im formating a date:
v_start_date := 2011-04-01 05:00:00;
v_start_month := to_char(v_start_date,'mm');and I need that v_start_month returns = 04
but returns 4
What could I do to fix it
Many Thanks..

If you define v_start_month as a number then it will strip off the leading 0 when it displays. Define v_start_month as a varchar and it will display the way you want.
SQL> DECLARE
2    v_month    VARCHAR2(10);
3 BEGIN
4    v_month := to_char(SYSDATE,'mm');
5    dbms_output.put_line(v_month);
6 END;
7 /
08

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