Date and Time Data Types

Processing of standard and custom date formats

IRI Software products support these date formats - as well as custom date format masks - for data transformation, reporting, and test data generation:

 

Date, Time, and Timestamp Types

Syntax

AMERICAN_DATE

month(name or integer)/day/year

AMERICAN_TIME

hour[:minute][:second] AM/PM

AMERICAN_TIMESTAMP

month/day/year
hour[:minute][:second] AM/PM

EUROPEAN_DATE

day.month(name or integer).year

EUROPEAN_TIME

hour[.minute][.second]

EUROPEAN_TIMESTAMP

day.month.year
hour[.minute][.second]

JAPANESE_DATE_FORMAT

year-month(name or integer)-day

JAPANESE_TIME

hour:minute:second

JAPANESE_TIMESTAMP

YYYY-MM-DD
hour:minute:second

ISO_DATE

year-month(integer name)-day

ISO_TIME

hour[.minute][.second]

ISO_TIMESTAMP

YYYY-MM-DD
hour:minute:second

Month/Day

January < February and Wednesday < Thursday„

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Year 2000 types

Syntax

Y2K_ASCII_YEAR

2-digit year

Y2K_ASCII_JULIAN

5-digit Julian date

IRI Software products support these date formats - as well as custom date format masks - for data transformation, reporting, and test data generation:

 

 

Date, Time, and Timestamp Types

Syntax

AMERICAN_DATE

month(name or integer)/day/year

AMERICAN_TIME

hour[:minute][:second] AM/PM

AMERICAN_TIMESTAMP

month/day/year
hour[:minute][:second] AM/PM

EUROPEAN_DATE

day.month(name or integer).year

EUROPEAN_TIME

hour[.minute][.second]

EUROPEAN_TIMESTAMP

day.month.year
hour[.minute][.second]

JAPANESE_DATE_FORMAT

year-month(name or integer)-day

JAPANESE_TIME

hour:minute:second

JAPANESE_TIMESTAMP

YYYY-MM-DD
hour:minute:second

ISO_DATE

year-month(integer name)-day

ISO_TIME

hour[.minute][.second]

ISO_TIMESTAMP

YYYY-MM-DD
hour:minute:second

Month/Day

January < February and Wednesday < Thursday„

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Year 2000 types

Syntax

Y2K_ASCII_YEAR

2-digit year

Y2K_ASCII_JULIAN

5-digit Julian date