Oracle Developer Environment Variables (continued)
Date Format Masks (continued)
Input date format masks: This mask (potentially, a set of masks) is used to convert a user-entered string into a native format date value. You can set the environment variables FORMS90_USER_DATE_FORMAT or FORMS90_USER_DATETIME_FORMAT to specify these format masks. For example, you could set FORMS90_USER_DATE_FORMAT to the value FXFMDD-MM-RRRR. This would force the user to enter values into date items (with no format mask) in the format exemplified by 30-06-97. The RRRR token enables years between 1950 and 2049 to be entered with the century omitted.
Output date format masks: Converts dates displayed in output such as lists of values: FORMS90_OUTPUT_DATE_FORMAT or FORMS90_OUTPUT_DATETIME_FORMAT
Error date format masks: Converts dates displayed in error messages: FORMS90_ERROR_DATE_FORMAT or FORMS90_ERROR_DATETIME_FORMAT