Date and time formats
When using columns defined as dates and times in OLE DB databases, the format for both input and output is:
date
yyyy-mm-dd
time:
hh:mi:ss
timestamp:
yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss[.fff...]
If the group format is fixed, the field is padded to 26 with trailing spaces.
where
|
= | a four-digit year |
|
= | a two-digit month |
|
= | a two-digit day |
|
= | a two-digit hour |
|
= | a two-digit minute |
|
= | a two-digit second |
|
= | an optional fractional second |
An example is 2001-08-27 00:00:00 which specifies August 27, 2001.
In the Generate Type Tree from dialog, use the Represent date/time columns as text items check box to define whether to automatically format this informations as Date and Time, which is with this check box disabled, as shown in the Item Subclass, Presentation column above, as a text string. When generated as a text string, it might be necessary to use either the TEXTTODATE or TEXTTOTIME function in a map rule to convert the text string to the date and time format required by the database. If you are generating new type trees, it is recommended that you disable this check box.
The Represent date/time columns as text items check box is modal. After it has been disabled, it will remain disabled for all subsequent type tree generations, regardless of source. Therefore, you must be careful in determining this setting.