DBDATE (was: Informix 4.1 inquiry)
Jonathan Leffler wrote:
> > What date is 10-11-1998? I always use 10 Nov 1998.
>
> That depends on the setting of DBDATE, of course. As far as I'm
> concerened, it means 10th November 1998 when I type it, and 11th
> October when my American colleagues type it. I'm bilingual in English
> and American. I do all my database access with DBDATE=DMY4/.
^
Is that "period", or does
the "." belong to "DBDATE"?
In the age of GLS, why is DBDATE still necessary? When I upgraded to
7.20 frontends and IDS 7.30, I assumed that the GLS settings would take
care of the date formats. However, I was wrong, and I still have to set
DBDATE=DMY4. to get the correct German format for dates, even though Ihave set CLIENT_LOCALE=de_de.8859-1
Regards, Richard
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