How to insert this date colum into some other table

Question

Hi all,
I have to write a procedure to select the data from one table & insert date column data into another table,the data is in different date formats,but in the second table date column format should be (mm/dd/yyyy) .
example:
if the date in first table is 1992 it should be modify to "01-01-1992" & insert into the second table.But the values should be different(below are the different types).
RELEASE_DATE
1992
1962
July 1987
Aug 1968
10/30/06
6/1/2005
2004
7.25.1951
12/12/2006
12/1/2005
1992
2003
2005
1958
2002
11/11/03
1/1/91
50-21-2001
10.28.1991
Please any body can help.

Answer 1

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Thanks..! for giving the data type..
Here is an example..
SQL> desc atestdate
Name                                      Null?    Type
CHARDATE                                           VARCHAR2(10)
ACTDATE                                            DATE
SQL> select * from atestdate;
1992
July 1987
Aug 1968
10/30/06
6/1/2005
2004
7.25.1951
12/12/2006
12/1/2005
1992
2003
2005
1958
2002
11/11/03
1/1/91
50-21-2001
10.28.1991
18 rows selected.
SQL> select <font color="#0000ff">char_trim_x</font>(chardate) from atestdate;
1992
July-1987
Aug-1968
10-30-06
6-1-2005
2004
7-25-1951
12-12-2006
12-1-2005
1992
2003
2005
1958
2002
11-11-03
1-1-91
50-21-2001<font color="#8000ff">--? 50 can not be a month nor a date  do not give  junk values</font>
10-28-1991
18 rows selected.
<font color="#0000ff">char_trim_x</font> This is a function which I have created with REPLACE function
this brings to some extent of an orderly format..
<font color="#008000">But you have not yet posted your work ..</font>
-SK
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