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Country-Specific Formats
The country-specific formatting settings for numbers, dates, and times are stored in database table T005X. The rows of table T005X contain a key field LAND in which a country key is stored, and fields XDEZP, DATFM, and TIMEFM for the respective formatting.
For a time stamp, the date format and time format affect the respective parts and the decimal separator follows the number format.
The settings for a specific country can either be
- set using the statement
SET COUNTRYfor an internal session or
- used in character string templates by means
of formatting option
COUNTRYfor the formatting of an embedded expression.
Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54
Note
The country names that correspond to the country codes in table T005X can be found in table T005T.