ORA-01843 Error Message
Learn the cause and how to resolve the ORA-01843 error message in Oracle.
Description
When you encounter an ORA-01843 error, the following error message will appear:
- ORA-01843: not a valid month
 
Cause
You entered a date, but the month portion of the date was not a valid month.
Resolution
The option(s) to resolve this Oracle error are:
Option #1
Re-enter the date value using either a MONTH format mask.
The valid values for month are:
- January
 - February
 - March
 - April
 - May
 - June
 - July
 - August
 - September
 - October
 - November
 - December
 
Or you could use the MON format mask and use one of the following values:
- Jan
 - Feb
 - Mar
 - Apr
 - May
 - Jun
 - Jul
 - Aug
 - Sep
 - Oct
 - Nov
 - Dec
 
If all else fails, you may want to consider using the TO_DATE function and specifying the date format mask.
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