defaultDateFormat (EGL system variable)

The strLib.defaultDateFormat system variable specifies a pattern that EGL uses to convert a DATE type to text and a text type to DATE.

For more information about converting DATE type to text and vice versa, see Converting date/time types to text.

EGL uses the following process to determine the initial value of strLib.defaultDateFormat:

You can change the initial value at any time. For more information on the defaultDateFormat build descriptor option, see defaultDateFormat (build descriptor option).

For more information about the characteristics of a date format pattern, see Date/time masks and format specifiers.

strLib.defaultDateFormat has the following characteristics:
Primitive type
STRING
Data length
Varies
Value saved across segments
Yes

Compatibility

Table 1. Compatibility considerations for defaultDateFormat
Platform Issue
Java generation Calling sysLib.setLocale() causes EGL to reinitialize strLib.defaultDateFormat, strLib.defaultTimeFormat, and strLib.defaultTimestampFormat to the format associated with the Java locale specified.

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