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SET DATEMASK

FUNCTION

This directive changes the SQL date format for this task. SET DATEMASK is a Thoroughbred Basic directive that can be executed from within a script.

SYNTAX

SET DATEMASK date-mask$
date-mask$
is a string that specifies a valid SQL datemask.

NOTES

  • For more information on this Thoroughbred Basic directive see the Thoroughbred Basic Language Reference.

SEE ALSO

DATEMASK, SET, SYSTEM-TIME, SYSTEM-DATE, TERMINAL-DATE, SET DATESTRINGS in this manual, and DATEMASK, SET DATEMASK, DAY and TIM descriptions in the Thoroughbred Basic Language Reference

From the Script-IV Language Reference, version 8.9.1. Open this page in the PDF