SET SESSION DATEFORM Syntax Elements - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database
SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples
- Deployment
- VantageCloud
- VantageCore
- Edition
- VMware
- Enterprise
- IntelliFlex
- Product
- Analytics Database
- Teradata Vantage
- Release Number
- 17.20
- Published
- June 2022
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- 2025-11-22
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- Product Category
- Teradata Vantage™
- ANSIDATE
- A DATE format of CHARACTER(10) for the session, formatted as ‘YYYY-MM-DD’ for importing and exporting DATE values.
- INTEGERDATE
- Encoded integers for importing and exporting DATE values.
- When the session DATEFORM is INTEGERDATE, the default DATE format in field mode is 'YYYY/MM/DD' for date columns created and date constants in character form.
- You can use the tdlocaledef utility to change the 'YYYY/MM/DD' default DATE format. For details, see Teradata Vantage™ - Database Utilities, B035-1102.