Syntax documentation standard_date_mask Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Syntax Rules for Describing the Data Stream

Syntax

<standard_date_mask> ::= ISO | USA | EUR | JIS | INTERNAL

ISO

YYYY-MM-DD

USA

MM/DD/YYYY

EUR

DD.MM.YYYY

JIS

YYYY-MM-DD

INTERNAL

YYYYMMDD

Y stands for year, M for month, and D for day.

Use

Use it to specify the format for plain text values in which DATE columns are entered and output.

This format applies to both load and unload commands and SQL statements.

The default value of the SAP DB Loader is INTERNAL.