Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Reference

DATE-FORMAT attribute

The format used to represent dates during the current OpenEdge session (for the DATE, DATETIME, and DATETIME-TZ data types).

Data type: CHARACTER

Access: Readable/Writeable

Applies to: SESSION system handle

Typical values are "mdy" or "dmy". This attribute provides the same functionality as the Date Format (-d) parameter.