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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 environment variablesHCL OneDB™ products establish the client, database, and server locales with information from GLS-related environment variables and from data that is stored in the database.
GLS-related environment variablesThese topics list the GLS-related environment variables that you can set for HCL OneDB™ database servers and SQL API products.
GL_DATE environment variableThe GL_DATE environment variable specifies custom display formats of values for DATE columns.
Optional date format qualifiersYou can specify optional format qualifiers immediately after the % symbol of the formatting directive.

Optional date format qualifiers

You can specify optional format qualifiers immediately after the % symbol of the formatting directive.

A date format qualifier defines a field specification for the date in read or print operations. The following sections describe what a field specification means for the read and print operations. For information about display formats, see Display formats.

Tip: The GL_DATETIME environment variable accepts these date format qualifiers in addition to those qualifiers that Optional time format qualifiers lists.