strange, I get 

TO_CHAR(TH
----------
10/15/1582

and not 10/05/1582

mo

--- "Freeman, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don't believe me?? Try this:
> 
> create table test(the_date date);
> 
> insert into test values
> (to_date('10-05-1582','mm-dd-yyyy') );
> 
> select to_char(the_date, 'mm/dd/yyyy') from test;  
> 
> What do you get? :-))
> 
> Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP
> Oracle Database Architect
> CSX Midtier Database Administration
> Author of several Oracle books you can find on
> Amazon.com!
> 
> Londo Mollari: Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in
> the same package. How
> efficient of you. 
> 
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