Using trim and date function in control file

I want to load "?30/12/2005 22:13?" into the table table1 and remove the "?" characters.
LOAD DATA
INTO TABLE TABLE1
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ","
(ORDER_DATE "TRIM('?', 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI')"
What's wrong with the above statement ?
thanks.

in addition, can i specify the starting row from the text file to load the data ?
e.g. i only want to load from the 10th row Use SKIP 9 for that
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96652/ch04.htm#1004940
and to eliminate the last 2 rows of the text file.There is no command for that, but if these rows can be identified through some pattern you could use conditional loading and exclude these rows
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96652/ch05.htm#1005658

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