Since you are using Oracle
you can use CHECK
constraint saying
CONSTRAINT check_dates
CHECK (my_date_column BETWEEN date '1994-10-25' AND date '2016-05-10')
Your query (as in comment) should be like below
create table dob5 ( birthdate date not null,
CONSTRAINT check_dates
CHECK (birthdate BETWEEN date '1994-10-25' AND date '2016-05-10') );
See this demo fiddle http://sqlfiddle.com/#!4/779f9