You use this syntax rule to specify the data format of the plain text values in which DATE columns are entered and output.
This format only applies to the import or export command in which it is specified. If no date format is specified in a command, either the Loader default is used, or a value specified with the SET DATE command. You use the SET DATE command to specify the date format for all subsequent commands. In a single Loader session, this applies until a new SET command is executed.
<date_spec> ::= DATE <standard_date_mask> | DATE '<valFREE_MASK>'
DATE <standard_date_mask> |
Specification of a standardized date mask |
<standard_date_mask> |
Possible values:
EUR | INTERNAL| ISO| JIS | USA |
<valFREE_MASK> |
Freely definable date mask Use Y for the year,
M for the month,
D for the
day. |
EXPORT TABLE
hotel.reservation
DATA OUTSTREAM FILE
'reservation.data'
DATE ISO
Standard date mask ISO is specified.
IMPORT TABLE hotel.reservation
DATA
INSTREAM FILE 'reservation.data'
DATE ′YYYY-MMM-DD′
Example of
the content of the target data stream
"100","3000","80","single","2004-Nov-13","2004-Nov-15"
Mask YYYY-MMM-DD is specified for dates.
You use the standard_date_mask to specify the format for plain text values in which DATE columns are entered and displayed.
'YYYY' |
Four-digit year format |
'MM' |
Two-digit month format (01-12) |
'DD' |
Two-digit day format (01-31) |
Format |
General Format |
Example |
EUR |
'DD.MM.YYYY' |
'23.01.2005' |
INTERNAL |
'YYYYMMDD' |
'20050123' |
ISO/JIS |
'YYYY-MM-DD' |
'2005-01-23' |
USA |
'MM/DD/YYYY' |
'01/23/2005' |
Day and month entries must have two digits. In all formats except INTERNAL, the year must have two or four digits. In the INTERNAL format, the year must have four digits.
You use the free mask valFREEMASK to specify the format for plain text values in which DATE columns are entered and displayed.