todate oracle

1SELECT
2  TO_DATE( '5 Jan 2017', 'DD MON YYYY' )
3FROM
4  dual;
5
6---or----
7INSERT INTO members(first_name, last_name, joined_date)
8VALUES('Laureen','Davidson', TO_DATE('Feb 01 2017','Mon DD YYYY'));

1SELECT
2  TO_DATE( '21 12 2017', 'DD MM YYYY' )
3FROM
4  dual;
5
6---or----
7INSERT INTO members(first_name, last_name, joined_date)
8VALUES('Laureen','Davidson', TO_DATE('2017/12/21','YYYY/MM/DD'));