How do I add date with timestamp? I am getting an error while inserting row

[bansari]

ERROR: value too long for type character varying(8)

********** Error **********

ERROR: value too long for type character varying(8)
SQL state: 22001

I used following script to add a Row:

INSERT INTO tbluser(
userid, username, password, name, birthdate, sscper, fees,
lastaccessedtime)
VALUES (1, 'elitecore','elite', 'Elitecore', '2003-1-1',88.1,700.50,
DEFAULT);



I created my table with this create script:

CREATE TABLE tbluser
(
userid integer,
username character varying(8),
"password" character varying(8),
"name" character varying(60),
birthdate date,
sscper numeric,
fees numeric,
lastaccessedtime timestamp without time zone
)
WITH (
OIDS=FALSE
);



Kidly help as early as possible:

[rski]

The value 'elitecore' is nine characters length and it is too much for varchar(8) that you defined in table.

[Jyoti Ballabh]

the variable length is more than what you have defined