====== $ADODB_DATE_LOCALE ======
~~NOTOC~~
<WRAP right box>
|Type|Mixed|
|Default|false|
|Format|array ($dateFormat,$timeFormat)|
</WRAP>           

<WRAP important>
[[datetime_index#deprecated|Deprecated]] since ADOdb 5.22.6, and [[https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/970|removed in 5.23.0]].
Use 64-bit native PHP functions instead.
</WRAP>


===== Description =====
This global variable provides a default format to [[v5:datetime:adodb_strftime|adodb_strftime()]] to improve the speed of date/time conversions.
The format is an array:
  * 1st element is date format using [[v5:datetime:adodb_date]] syntax
  * 2nd element is the time format, also in [[v5:datetime:adodb_date]] syntax
 
===== Usage =====
<code php>

$ADODB_DATE_LOCALE = array('d/m/Y','H:i:s');

</code>