Change '01/01/1980' date format to to_date('01/01/1980', 'MM/DD/YYYY')

This should do it:

s{(\d{1,2})/(\d{1,2})/(\d{1,4})}{to_date\('$1/$2/$3\'\, \'MM/DD/YYYY\'\)}g;

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hi sjklein42,

thanks for the reply.
but the result is not what i desire: 'to_date('12/06/2010', 'MM/DD/YYYY')'

i would like to get rid of the single quote '...'.
how to include single quote as part of the date format at the first place.

 '01/01/1980' (with single quote) to  "to_date('01/01/1980', 'MM/DD/YYYY')" (exclude the double quote)

thank you so much!