=== database character set ===

  * ''AL32UTF8'' - Oracle UTF8
  * ''iso-8859-2'' - Windows typical western character set
  * ''UTF-8''
  * ''SQLSRV_ENC_CHAR'' -- system variable in case of native MS SQL server connection when DB is not UTF-8

=== source date format ===
Formatstring with separator character that describes how date variables are stored in the database.

Sample value(s):
<code>
Y-m-d
</code>

=== source datetime format ===
Formatstring with separator character that describes how datetime variables are stored in the database.

Sample value(s):
<code>
Y-m-d H:i:s.f
</code>

=== display date format ===
Formatstring with separator character that describes how date variables are displayed in niota.

Sample value(s):
<code>
Y-m-d
</code>

=== display datetime format ===
Formatstring with separator character that describes how datetime variables displayed in niota.

Sample value(s):
<code>
Y-m-d H:i:s
</code>

== date and datetime recommended separator characters ===

  * ''-'' date separator
  * '':'' time separator
  * ''.'' milisecond separator

=== date and datetime format characters ===
A date/datetime string must contain only valid format characters. All invalid format characters are treated as separators/strings.

  * ''Y'' - year, 4 digits
  * ''y'' - year 2 digits
  * ''m'' - month, numeric (00-12)
  * ''M'' - month name (January-December)
  * ''d'' - day of month, numeric (00-31)
  * ''H'' - hour (00-23)
  * ''h'',''I'' - hour (01-12)
  * ''i'' - minutes, numeric (00-59)
  * ''s'',''S'' - seconds (00-59)
  * ''p'' - am/pm
  * ''r'' - time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss) followed by AM or PM)
  * ''T'' - time, 24 hour (hh:mm:ss)
  * ''f'' - microseconds (000000-999999)
  * ''b'' - month, numeric (00-12) only for Oracle connections

== display number decimal point recommended characters ===

  * '','' European
  * ''.'' US