diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/ast/expr/SQLDateExpr.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/ast/expr/SQLDateExpr.java
index 9382843ad8..8c08da636a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/ast/expr/SQLDateExpr.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/ast/expr/SQLDateExpr.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package com.alibaba.druid.sql.ast.expr;
 
 import com.alibaba.druid.sql.ast.SQLDataType;
+import com.alibaba.druid.sql.ast.SQLExpr;
 import com.alibaba.druid.sql.ast.SQLExprImpl;
 import com.alibaba.druid.sql.ast.SQLObject;
 import com.alibaba.druid.sql.ast.statement.SQLCharacterDataType;
@@ -29,26 +30,36 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class SQLDateExpr extends SQLExprImpl implements SQLLiteralExpr, SQLValuableExpr {
     public static final SQLDataType DEFAULT_DATA_TYPE = new SQLCharacterDataType("date");
 
-    private String literal;
+    private SQLExpr literal;
 
     public SQLDateExpr(){
 
     }
 
     public SQLDateExpr(String literal) {
-        this.literal = literal;
+        this.setLiteral(literal);
     }
 
-    public String getLiteral() {
+    public SQLExpr getLiteral() {
         return literal;
     }
 
     public void setLiteral(String literal) {
-        this.literal = literal;
+        setLiteral(new SQLCharExpr(literal));
+    }
+
+    public void setLiteral(SQLExpr x) {
+        if (x != null) {
+            x.setParent(this);
+        }
+        this.literal = x;
     }
 
     public String getValue() {
-        return literal;
+        if (literal instanceof SQLCharExpr) {
+            return ((SQLCharExpr) literal).getText();
+        }
+        return null;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -88,7 +99,13 @@ public class SQLDateExpr extends SQLExprImpl implements SQLLiteralExpr, SQLValua
     }
 
     public SQLDateExpr clone() {
-        return new SQLDateExpr(literal);
+        SQLDateExpr x = new SQLDateExpr();
+
+        if (this.literal != null) {
+            x.setLiteral(literal.clone());
+        }
+
+        return x;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/parser/SQLExprParser.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/parser/SQLExprParser.java
index f599ac3ee9..ffa1adf5f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/parser/SQLExprParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/parser/SQLExprParser.java
@@ -314,13 +314,11 @@ public class SQLExprParser extends SQLParser {
                 lexer.nextToken();
 
                 if (hash_lower == FnvHash.Constants.DATE
-                        && lexer.token == Token.LITERAL_CHARS
+                        && (lexer.token == Token.LITERAL_CHARS || lexer.token == Token.VARIANT)
                         && (JdbcConstants.ORACLE.equals(dbType)
                             || JdbcConstants.POSTGRESQL.equals(dbType)
                             || JdbcConstants.MYSQL.equals(dbType))) {
-                    String literal = lexer.stringVal();
-                    lexer.nextToken();
-
+                    SQLExpr literal = this.primary();
                     SQLDateExpr dateExpr = new SQLDateExpr();
                     dateExpr.setLiteral(literal);
                     sqlExpr = dateExpr;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/visitor/SQLASTOutputVisitor.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/visitor/SQLASTOutputVisitor.java
index 1cf0a559fe..9b3f47948d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/visitor/SQLASTOutputVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/visitor/SQLASTOutputVisitor.java
@@ -5329,9 +5329,10 @@ public class SQLASTOutputVisitor extends SQLASTVisitorAdapter implements Paramet
     }
 
     public boolean visit(SQLDateExpr x) {
-        print0(ucase ? "DATE '" : "date '");
-        print0(x.getLiteral());
-        print('\'');
+        SQLExpr literal = x.getLiteral();
+        print0(ucase ? "DATE " : "date ");
+        printExpr(literal);
+
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/sql/oracle/select/OracleSelectTest100_var.java b/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/sql/oracle/select/OracleSelectTest100_var.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44f27ff4fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/sql/oracle/select/OracleSelectTest100_var.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 1999-2017 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.alibaba.druid.bvt.sql.oracle.select;
+
+import com.alibaba.druid.sql.OracleTest;
+import com.alibaba.druid.sql.SQLUtils;
+import com.alibaba.druid.sql.ast.SQLStatement;
+import com.alibaba.druid.sql.ast.statement.SQLSelectStatement;
+import com.alibaba.druid.sql.dialect.oracle.parser.OracleStatementParser;
+import com.alibaba.druid.sql.dialect.oracle.visitor.OracleSchemaStatVisitor;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class OracleSelectTest100_var extends OracleTest {
+
+    public void test_0() throws Exception {
+        String sql = //
+                "select * from zj_sb_zzs_fb3_mx where fphm=:\"SYS_B_0\" and sssq_q=date:\"SYS_B_1\"\n";
+
+        System.out.println(sql);
+
+        OracleStatementParser parser = new OracleStatementParser(sql);
+        List<SQLStatement> statementList = parser.parseStatementList();
+        SQLSelectStatement stmt = (SQLSelectStatement) statementList.get(0);
+        System.out.println(stmt.toString());
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, statementList.size());
+
+//        SQLMethodInvokeExpr expr = (SQLMethodInvokeExpr) stmt.getSelect().getQueryBlock().getSelectList().get(0).getExpr();
+//        SQLMethodInvokeExpr param0 = (SQLMethodInvokeExpr) expr.getParameters().get(0);
+//        assertTrue(param0.getParameters().get(0)
+//                instanceof SQLAggregateExpr);
+
+        OracleSchemaStatVisitor visitor = new OracleSchemaStatVisitor();
+        stmt.accept(visitor);
+
+        {
+            String text = SQLUtils.toOracleString(stmt);
+
+            assertEquals("SELECT *\n" +
+                    "FROM zj_sb_zzs_fb3_mx\n" +
+                    "WHERE fphm = :\"SYS_B_0\"\n" +
+                    "\tAND sssq_q = DATE :\"SYS_B_1\"", text);
+        }
+
+        System.out.println("Tables : " + visitor.getTables());
+        System.out.println("fields : " + visitor.getColumns());
+        System.out.println("coditions : " + visitor.getConditions());
+        System.out.println("relationships : " + visitor.getRelationships());
+        System.out.println("orderBy : " + visitor.getOrderByColumns());
+
+        assertEquals(1, visitor.getTables().size());
+        assertEquals(3, visitor.getColumns().size());
+        assertEquals(2, visitor.getConditions().size());
+        assertEquals(0, visitor.getRelationships().size());
+        assertEquals(0, visitor.getOrderByColumns().size());
+    }
+
+   
+}