In article <7oe6ff$l96$1_at_zonnetje.nl.uu.net>,
"Frank Leenders" <ftleenders_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> in some initialisation file it is possible to set the default
presentation
> of the date datatype for an Oracle instance, most of the times set to
> dd-mmm-yy. In regard of the Y2K problem I asked our DBA's to set that
> default to dd-mm-yyyy. But they say Oracle recommends NOT to do
that!?!? Is
> that true and if so, why?
> Remark: I am writing about instance level of that setting, not about
the
> session setting.
> Thanks
> Frank
>
>
frank, I have not heard this before. for y2k rr and yyyy is the
preferred parameter. there is an article in jan/feb oracle magazine
tells you the y2k set up and problems and you can get it on line.
ted chyn
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