Invalid month

When i run the following query why am i getting the error message :
ORA-01843: not a valid month
SELECT calc_type,
cnt,
     days,
     contract_number,
NTPACT,
     SELECTION_DATE,
     to_char(ntpact,'yy"Q"q') quarter
FROM
(SELECT DISTINCT ' On-Call Unit Price' calc_type,
COUNT (CONTRACT_NUMBER) OVER (PARTITION BY contract_number ORDER BY contract_number) cnt,
     TRUNC (ntpact - selection_date) days,
     contract_number,
ntpact,
          SELECTION_DATE
     FROM contract_vw2
     WHERE SELECTION_DATE BETWEEN ('1/1/2008') AND ('4/1/2008')
          AND contract_type = 'On Call'
     AND contract_comp_method = 'Unit Price'
     AND amend_status_code NOT IN (4, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
AND AMENDMENT_NUMBER=0)
          WHERE cnt=1
thnks

> WHERE SELECTION_DATE BETWEEN ('1/1/2008') AND ('4/1/2008')
You are implicitly converting a text string to a date. Oracle does not know what format you have specified. Is it yyyy/mm/dd, or dd-mon-yy, or mm/dd/yyyy or something else?
So Oracle uses the (standard/default) NLS_DATE_FORMAT setting (for that Oracle session) to convert the string into a date. Only the string you have specified does not match this format.
Moral of the story: Do NOT use implicit data type conversions as this can bite you badly in the butt, on the back, in the arm, ankle and for good measure chew on your ears too.
Use EXPLICIT conversions. Use data type conversion functions like TO_DATE. TO_NUMBER, TO_CHAR and so on, where applicable.

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