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>On Apr 24, 2007, at 07:31, in_rapture wrote:
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> > I know this is kind of a dumb question, but where does one find a nice
> > list of the valid Firebird date format strings in the documentation? I
> > have searched through the .pdf files on firebirdsql.org, as well as
> > other online documentation and can't seem to find it anywhere.
> >
> > Web searches have mostly just turned up forum postings that have one
> > or maybe two formats shown followed by a comment to look at the
> > documentation. I am dealing with an ancient system that has dates in
> > several different formats and just would like to know my formating
> > options to make conversion easier.
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
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>I believe there is a comprehensive list on p145 of The Firebird Book.

There is. Because I don't think it is to be found in any other
single document, I have just extracted all the date literal tables
from the source of Chapter 10 and put it up here:

http://www.firebirdsql.org/doc/contrib/FirebirdDateLiterals.html

./heLen