Bug #11904
INITIAL in a schema .df file follows 'mdy' format
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#2 Updated by Constantin Asofiei about 12 hours ago
In #11871 project, the .df file uses 'mdy' format, INITIAL "7/27/2026", for a datetime field.
The database is ran with 'dmy' format in 4GL.
We need to confirm via tests that:- either this was a TODAY format which was exported wrong
- the schema INITIAL date format always follows 'mdy', regardless on how you run the 4GL database
#3 Updated by Ovidiu Maxiniuc 2 minutes ago
- Assignee set to Ovidiu Maxiniuc
- Status changed from New to WIP
- reviewer Constantin Asofiei added
According to Progress Documentation, "The date constants entered in procedures, or as initial values in the Data Dictionary, are always specified in month/day/year format." It is not affected by SESSION:DATE-FORMAT attribute or by Date Format (-d) command-line parameter.
I also manually tested by starting the process with different date formats and exporting the database schema. In all cases the resulting .df file was identical.
I am looking at FWD implementation of data-related fields based on initial value, next.