[sql] SQL Error: ORA-01861: literal does not match format string 01861

I am trying to insert data into an existing table and keep receiving an error.

INSERT INTO Patient  
(
  PatientNo,
  PatientFirstName,
  PatientLastName,
  PatientStreetAddress,
  PatientTown,
  PatientCounty,
  PatientPostcode,
  DOB,
  Gender,
  PatientHomeTelephoneNumber,
  PatientMobileTelephoneNumber
)
VALUES 
(
  121, 
  'Miles', 
  'Malone', 
  '64 Zoo Lane', 
  'Clapham', 
  'United Kingdom',
  'SW4 9LP',
  '1989-12-09',
  'M',
  02086950291,
  07498635200
);

Error:

Error starting at line : 1 in command -
INSERT INTO Patient (PatientNo,PatientFirstName,PatientLastName,PatientStreetAddress,PatientTown,PatientCounty,PatientPostcode,DOB,Gender,PatientHomeTelephoneNumber,PatientMobileTelephoneNumber)
VALUES (121, 'Miles', 'Malone', '64 Zoo Lane', 'Clapham', 'United Kingdom','SW4 9LP','1989-12-09','M',02086950291,07498635200)
Error report -
SQL Error: ORA-01861: literal does not match format string
01861. 00000 -  "literal does not match format string"
*Cause:    Literals in the input must be the same length as literals in
           the format string (with the exception of leading whitespace).  If the
           "FX" modifier has been toggled on, the literal must match exactly,
           with no extra whitespace.
*Action:   Correct the format string to match the literal.

Just not sure why this keeps happening I am learning SQL at the moment, any help will be greatly appreciated!

ORA-01861: literal does not match format string

This happens because you have tried to enter a literal with a format string, but the length of the format string was not the same length as the literal.

You can overcome this issue by carrying out following alteration.

TO_DATE('1989-12-09','YYYY-MM-DD')

As a general rule, if you are using the TO_DATE function, TO_TIMESTAMP function, TO_CHAR function, and similar functions, make sure that the literal that you provide matches the format string that you've specified

Try the format as dd-mon-yyyy, For example 02-08-2016 should be in the format '08-feb-2016'.

The format you use for the date doesn't match to Oracle's default date format.

A default installation of Oracle Database sets the DEFAULT DATE FORMAT to dd-MMM-yyyy.

Either use the function TO_DATE(dateStr, formatStr) or simply use dd-MMM-yyyy date format model.

try to save date like this yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.ms for example: 1992-07-01 00:00:00.0 that worked for me

If you provide proper date format it should work please recheck once if you have given correct date format in insert values

You can also change the date format for the session. This is useful, for example, in Perl DBI, where the to_date() function is not available:

ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT='YYYY-MM-DD'

You can permanently set the default nls_date_format as well:

ALTER SYSTEM SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT='YYYY-MM-DD'

In Perl DBI you can run these commands with the do() method:

$db->do("ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT='YYYY-MM-DD');

http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_dbi_interface1.htm https://community.oracle.com/thread/682596?start=15&tstart=0