Specifies the date format used in SQL statements. This setting is ignored for connections from ASE. The default date format is MON DD YYYY HH:MI:SSAM. See your Oracle documentation for more information on date format strings.
The syntax for date_format is:
date_format=Oracle_Date_Format_String
This parameter is dynamic.
The configuration parameter setting date_format is
reserved for all ECDA Option for Oracle client connections in passthrough mode,
for example ISQL, which excludes ASE/CIS clients.