Windows operating systems

DATEFORMAT

The DATEFORMAT option specifies the format in which dates are displayed by the server.

The DATEFORMAT value is overridden by the locale format if the locale is initialized at server startup. The locale is specified in the LANGUAGE option.

Syntax

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>>-DATEformat--n-----------------------------------------------><

Parameters

n
Select a number from 1 to 5 to identify the date format used by the server. The default value is 1.
1
MM/DD/YYYY
2
DD-MM-YYYY
3
YYYY-MM-DD
4
DD.MM.YYYY
5
YYYY.MM.DD

Examples

dateformat 4