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Syntax Rules for Describing the Data Stream

Syntax

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

ISO

YYYY-MM-DD-HH.MM.SS.NNNNNN

USA

ISO

EUR

ISO

JIS

ISO

INTERNAL

YYYYMMDDHHMMSSNNNNNN

H stands for hours, M for minutes, S for seconds, and N for milliseconds or microseconds.

Use

Use this syntax rule to specify the data format of the plain text values in which TIMESTAMP 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.