Trouble with Import Wizard - Date format

Question

I am trying to import data from an excel file to a table using the Import Wizard. The verification of the import fails on the verification of the date column only, with the message that "Dater columns HOLIDAY_DATE, have invalid or null date formats"
There are no null / blanks in my xls file, and the date format in the xls file is dd/mm/yyyy. When this is imported through the import wizard, the date column shows the data, but the format shows the data in mm/dd/yyyy ??
Is there anything obvious I am doing wrong here?
Thx

Answer 1

Well, not really a solution, but a work-around.
I created an extra field in the table, and loaded the date into that string field.
Then just updated the table using the follwoing code...simple, but much faster than trying to work out what the roblem was with the upload.
UPDATE EU_HOLIDAYS
SET HOLIDAY_DATE = TO_DATE(HOLIDAY,'DD/MM/YYYY');