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Client APIs and toolsYou can use the HCL OneDB™ implementation of client APIs to develop applications for HCL OneDB™ database servers.
GLS User's GuideThese topics describe the Global Language Support (GLS) feature available in HCL® OneDB® products.The HCL OneDB™ GLS User's Guide describes the Global Language Support (GLS) feature available in HCL® OneDB® products.
GLS fundamentalsThe Global Language Support (GLS) feature lets HCL® OneDB® products handle different languages, cultural conventions, and code sets for Asian, African, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries.
Customize display formatsYou can override some display formats in the client locale.
Customize date and time display formatsThe GLS locales define display formats for dates and times, which you do not need to change but which you can customize if necessary.
Date and time precedenceHCL OneDB™ products use a precedence to determine the display format for an internal DATE value.

Date and time precedence

HCL OneDB™ products use a precedence to determine the display format for an internal DATE value.

HCL OneDB products use the following precedence:

DBDATE (deprecated)
GL_DATE
Information defined in the client locale (if CLIENT_LOCALE is set)
Default date format is %m/%d/%iy (if DBDATE and GL_DATE are not set, and no locale is specified)

HCL OneDB products use the following precedence to determine the display format for an internal DATETIME value:

DBDATE (deprecated) and DBTIME (deprecated)
GL_DATETIME
Information that the client locale defines (CLIENT_LOCALE, if it is set)
Default DATETIME format is %iY-%m-%d %H:%M:%S (if CLIENT_LOCALE, DBTIME and GL_DATETIME are not set)

For more information about these formatting directives, see GL_DATE environment variable and GL_DATETIME environment variable.