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Default settings for date, time, and number formats are defined in the Registry. (See the Date, Time, and Number pages in the BDE Administrator.) These settings are used by BDE anywhere conversion must be performed between strings (such as "15/12/94") and internal representations of dates, times, and numbers (for example, when parsing a date found in a query string). For best results, the BDE default settings should be kept in synchronization with the Windows Control Panel. The default settings can be overridden at any time with DbiSetDateFormat, DbiSetTimeFormat, and DbiSetNumberFormat.