Oracle Message ORA-14751 - Invalid data type for partitioning column of an interval partitioned table

ERRORInvalid data type for partitioning column of an interval partitioned table
CAUSEYou attempted to use interval partitioning on a table partitioned on a column of data type other than number or date/time.
ACTIONUse only number or date/time columns as partitioning columns for interval partitioned tables.