Special Date and Time Qualifiers

You can combine special date and time qualifiers and construct the date or time format that the target database requires.

Rules:
  • Enter special characters in either uppercase or lowercase.

  • Separate special characters by any arbitrary character, such as a hyphen, slash, or space. Any unrecognized character is copied to the target as is.

  • Enclose special characters in single or double quotes, because the resulting value is passed to the target as a character string.

  • Allow qualifiers to contain a null terminated string. The string is limited only by the buffer size (1KB).

Qualifier Definitions

Qualifier

Definition

yy

Last two digits of year.

yyyy

All four digits of year.

mm

Month or minute (recognized by context).

mon

Three-character month abbreviation: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

dd

Day.

hh

Hour.

ss

Seconds.

nnn

Milliseconds.

nnnnnn or uuuuuu

Microseconds.

am or pm

Indicates that you want an AM or PM designator included. The actual designator is inserted appropriate to the value.