SQL> SQL> SQL> DECLARE 2 bad_date EXCEPTION; 3 PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT (bad_date, -01843); 4 BEGIN 5 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (TO_DATE ('13/13/99', 'MM/DD/YY')); 6 EXCEPTION 7 WHEN bad_date 8 THEN 9 DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Just twelve months in a year...'); 10 END; 11 / Just twelve months in a year... PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL>