Default format for importing and exporting DATE values for the specified user.
For more information, see
Teradata Vantage™ - Data Types and Literals, B035-1143.
- INTEGERDATE
- Sets the DATEFORM option to import and export DATE values as encoded integers.
- INTEGERDATE results in a default DATE format in field mode of 'YY/MM/DD' for date columns created and for date constants in character form. You can use the tdlocaledef utility to change the 'YY/MM/DD' default DATE format. For details, see
Teradata Vantage™ - Database Utilities
, B035-1102
.
- INTEGERDATE is the default.
- ANSIDATE
- Sets the DATEFORM option to import and export DATE values as CHARACTER(10).
- Results in a 'YYYY-MM-DD' date format for date columns created and for date constants in character form.
- NULL
- Sets DATEFORM null.
- When DATEFORM is null, the default format for a date in field mode, and the default format for importing and exporting DATE values, is the same as the system default defined by the DATEFORM parameter in the DBS Control record.