Re: NLS_DATE_FORMAT

Setting NLS_DATE_FORMAT in your init.ora makes little difference. It is ALWAYS the SESSION that determines the format MASK! To figure out the value of your current session:

select * from nls_session_parameters;

It is difficult to change everyone's registry or environment variables, so we decided issue the following when all users connect regardless of their client settings:

alter session set nls_date_format = 'DD-MON-YYYY';

This is the best solution. Remember, this is just a date format, not a y2k fix. Received on Thu Apr 22 1999 - 00:00:00 CDT