CODE : Set Oracle date format BEGIN { $ENV{NLS_LANG}="AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8MSWIN1252"; } use common_lib_t11; #${&dbh}->do("alter session set NLS_DATE_FORMAT='DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS'"); print 'Got date: ' . ${&dbh}->selectrow_array("SELECT SYSDATE FROM DUAL") . "\n"; print 'Got global_name: ' . ${&dbh}->selectrow_array('select * from global_name') . "\n";