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To perform date to/from string conversions, the runtime system uses by default the DBDATE environment variable.
When using the FORMAT field attribute or the USING operator to format dates with abbreviated day and month names- by using ddd / mmm markers - the system uses English-language based texts for the conversion. This means, day (ddd) and month (mmm) abbreviations are not localized according to the locale settings, they will always be in English.
The environment variable LC_TIME is ignored.