title: Inserting date as dd-mon-yy in oracle
body: <p>I am trying to insert date value as dd-mon-yy but the database is storing it as dd/mm/yy. </p>
  
  <p>For example: INSERT INTO tablename VALUES (to_date('01-mar-09', 'dd-mon-yy');</p>
  
  <p>The DB stores it as 01/03/09. Why is that? Whay can't I just store it as 01-mar-09? </p>
  
  <p>Please help. </p>