how to change system date

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sreekuax

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Hello All,

Currently one of our instance needs a change in date format to the entire modules.
current format - mm/dd/yy
needs to change - dd/mm/yy..

Where I can change this.... any menu avaible in mfg/pro
our version - mfg/pro eB2 CHUI with SP8

Posted in QAD mfg/pro thread too.. but no response yet.. Looking for a helping hand here.
 
the 4GL code is: ... but if you change this on Mfg/Pro ... the risque is very BIG ! ... do not do this !
The are milions of lignes of code to check ... where the date format is used like .... myDate = DATE ("04/26/2011")
which is not good !... ( instead of the correct code myDate = DATE (4,26,2011) )
Code: 
SESSION:DATE-FORMAT = "mdy".
DISPLAY TODAY.
OR SESSION:DATE-FORMAT = "dmy".
DISPLAY TODAY.
 
yes, the -d dmy is a client session parameter used when display dates, check the *.pf files.
The database has an intenal codepage format and the date format internal is always mdy, you can't change it .
 
The client script parameter tells its - -d mdy -yy 1920 ... is there any menu available for this setup change ? what if considering this as a new instance.. and the current format is mm/dd and needs to change to dd/mm ?
 
I don't know Mfg/Pro in detail ... but I'm shure there doesent has this option, Why ? because the application
was developped in US, never tested using european settings.
How already say theapplication can have a lot of programming errors and if you change the date format, numsep, numdec,
this can have a very imprevisible impact in the application.
 
Mfg/pro was indeed developed in the US and a long time ago but they are deployed in *thousands* (probably hundreds of thousands) of non-US locations and were very early i18n adopters. I think they've probably got their date format handling under control. But, if in doubt, give them a call.
 
it sure works in a lot of non-US locations, just set the client start-up parameter and you should be fine... the code is full of session:date-format so they do have that under control, you might want to keep the old date format for CIM load sessions in case the CIM 'producer' continues to write dates as 'mdy'.
 
medu said:
it sure works in a lot of non-US locations, just set the client start-up parameter and you should be fine... the code is full of session:date-format so they do have that under control, you might want to keep the old date format for CIM load sessions in case the CIM 'producer' continues to write dates as 'mdy'.
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you mean to say that in the client startup date parameter I can change to - d dmy -yy 1920 where as of current one is - d mdy -yy 1920 ?
 
sreekuax said:
you mean to say that in the client startup date parameter I can change to - d dmy -yy 1920 where as of current one is - d mdy -yy 1920 ?
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yes, and if you use the .net interface then you have to do the same in webspeed setup and chui telnet clients running in tomcat server environment... but this doesn't seems to be your case (chui only you've said)
 
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