You should either use a TO_DATE() function in your sql, or set the nls date/timestamp format(s), e.g.:

...
WHERE date_column = TO_DATE(?, 'YYYY-MM-DD')
...

my $date_str = '2015-08-08';
$sth->execute($date_str);

# OR
my $date_fmt = my $datetime_fmt = my $datetime_tz_fmt = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH
+24:MI:SS';
$dbh->do("alter session set nls_date_format=$date_fmt");
$dbh->do("alter session set nls_timestamp_format=$datetime_fmt");
$dbh->do("alter session set nls_timestamp_tz_format=$datetime_tz_fmt")
+;

...
WHERE date_column = ?
...
my $date_str = '2015-08-08';
$sth->execute($date_str);

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Update: Oh, and I agree w/below about doing a LIKE against a date (although it CAN work in Oracle, it is incredibly bad practice). It should be, e.g.:
$start_date = '2015-08-01';
$end_date = '2015-09-01';
...
WHERE date_column >= ? and date_column < ?
...
$sth->execute($start_date, $end_date);

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Update: Fixed date fmt. Twice.

In reply to Re: Problem passing date to SQL by runrig
in thread Problem passing date to SQL by JoeTheProgrammer

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