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 load or unload 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>'
<standard_date_mask> ::= EUR | INTERNAL | ISO | JIS | USA
valFREE_MASK |
Freely definable output format Use Y for the year,
M for the month, D for the day. |
You use the standard_date_mask to specify the format for plain text values in which DATE columns are entered and displayed.
The default value in the Loader is INTERNAL.
'YYYY' |
Year (four digits) |
'MM' |
Month (two digits, 01-12) |
'DD' |
Day (two digits, 01-31) |
Format |
General Form |
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.
DATAEXTRACT
cno, arrival from reservation
OUTSTREAM 'customer_arrival.data'
DATE ISO
Example of
the content of the target data stream:
?100?,?2004-11-13?
You use the output format valFREEMASK to specify the format for plain text values in which DATE columns are entered and displayed.
DATAEXTRACT *
from reservation
OUTSTREAM '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"