DATE 5th OCT, 1582 not coming

Here we are using following SQL:

select to_date('5-OCT-1582','DD-MON-YYYY') from dual;

which is returning 15-OCT-1582, instead of 05-OCT-1582

Any Clue ?

Sanjeev Received on Tue Oct 17 2000 - 09:37:21 CDT