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Syntax Rules for Describing the Data Stream

Syntax

<date_spec> ::= DATE <standard_date_mask> | DATE '<valFREE_MASK>'

valFREE_MASK

Output format

Specify which of the three possible components day, month, and year you want to appear in the date. You can use either the German abbreviations T, M, and J or the English abbreviations D, M, and Y. If you enter three characters for the month, that is MMM, the name of the month is displayed as the standard abbreviation, for example, Oct for October.

Use

Use this syntax rule to specify the data format of the plain text values in which DATE columns are entered and output.

This format only applies to the load or unload command in which it is specified. Otherwise, the SAP DB Loader default is used.

Use the SET command to view the SAP DB Loader default.