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On Mar 07, 2014 @ 03:29 pm, hele...@iinet.net.au wrote: At 11:04 PM 9/11/2011, Mark Rotteveel wrote: > ==Ticket History== On Mar 07, 2014 @ 03:29 pm, m...@lawinegevaar.nl wrote: No Comment. ------ On Mar 07, 2014 @ 03:29 pm, tomconl...@gmail.com wrote: --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Mark Rotteveel <mark@...> wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Nov 2011 10:35:18 +0100, Kjell Rilbe <kjell.rilbe@...> > wrote: > > Den 2011-11-09 10:31 skrev canacourse såhär: > >> > >> > >> > >> Kjell, > >> > >> Doesn’t using the dot separator imply that non us date formats are > >> being used? i.e. 07/11/2011 is interpreted as MM/DD/YYYY while > >> 07.11.2011 is interpreted as DD/MM/YYYY? > >> > > Sorry, I don't know. I just wanted to point out that there are different > > > ways to interpret a date string and that you should make sure that your > > date string is actually interpreted the way you intend. How you choose > > to do this is up to you: try it out in your DB (recommended), read docs, > > > ask here, ... > > > > You could for example try this: > > > > select cast ('6.11.2011 08:35:26' as timestamp) from rdb$database > > select cast ('6.30.2011 08:35:26' as timestamp) from rdb$database > > select cast ('30.6.2011 08:35:26' as timestamp) from rdb$database > > Better just use timestamp '2011-06-30 08:35:26' or cast('2011-06-30 > 08:35:26' as timestamp), which should always work independent of the locale > of the server. > > Mark > Also, '30-Jun-2011 08:35:26' is explicit and unambiguous. Tom ------ This is an automated response. Your issue has been noted. We'll be in touch soon. Please reply to this email or visit the URL below with any additional details. http://DANTOIN:9675/portal/view-help-request/235 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]