On Tue, 2013-11-05 at 04:14 -0800, bsreejithin wrote: > Not able to post the attached details as a comment in the reply box, so > attaching it as an image file : > <http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/file/n5776987/Untitled.png> > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Junk-date-getting-uploaded-into-date-field-tp5776969p5776987.html > Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > to achieve what you want.... bdate needs to be defined as a date, not a string. test=# create table temptabl(bdate date); CREATE TABLE Time: 239.358 ms test=# insert into temptabl values('33-OCT-2013'); ERROR: date/time field value out of range: "33-OCT-2013" LINE 1: insert into temptabl values('33-OCT-2013'); ^ HINT: Perhaps you need a different "datestyle" setting. Time: 0.288 ms test=#