Comments on: Oracle BI Publisher Date-type

By: Ramesh S Reddy

Ramesh S Reddy — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:45:31 +0000

iam geeting the Xml output as mm/dd/yyyy (same as database format)and not the canonical format as yyyy-mm-ddThh24:mi:ss while generating XML file.Even i tried using TO_CHAR function in query which is giving to wrong format.I need to get the date format as DD/MM/YYYY. Can somebody give the solution for this

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:01:00 +0000

i have fetched the date value in form of text in YYYYMMDD, i need to print this on the XML report in any valid date format like MM-DD-YYYY.I tried to_date , Substr but no use plz tell me how to slove this.

By: David Vandecraen

David Vandecraen — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:23:00 +0000

Todd,I want to thank you for your comment.I have changed my blog to the correct canonical syntax.In Europe, we mostly use dd-mm-yyyy. That’s why I used this format in my blog.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:03:00 +0000

Thanks for the information it has been very helpful.Would you update your post to show the canonical format as yyyy-mm-ddThh24:mi:ss instead of yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss.I had tried yyyy-mm-ddThh24:mi:ss minus the “T”. The result was it does not get recognized as a date in the template builder.BIP can also handle yyyy-mm-dd leaving off the timestamp. Thanks for your help,Todd