I call my RMAN script from a Unix shell script. I have pasted parts of the RMAN output below. Note that I have changed nls_date_format to 'yyyy-mm-dd-hh24-mi-ss'. I expected to see the date displayed in this format, but instead I see the date as "23-JAN-07". Can anybody tell me how I can get the RMAN log file to show the date as 2007-01-23-13-27-14? Or even better, as 2007-01-23 13:27:14. BTW, RMAN threw errors when I used ":" in the time part of the date format, that is why I have dashes there. Here is the partial output from the RMAN log file. Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production on Tue Jan 23 12:14:01 2007 RMAN> connect target * 2> connect catalog * 3> run { 4> sql "alter session set nls_date_format=''yyyy-mm-dd-hh24-mi-ss''"; 5> sql "alter system archive log current"; 6> allocate channel t1 type 'SBT_TAPE'; 7> send 'NSR_ENV=(NSR_SERVER=X, NSR_DATA_VOLUME_POOL=TAPEDAILY)'; 8> backup 9> format '/LOG_%d_%T_%p_%s%t' 10> (archivelog all delete input); 11> release channel t1; 12> } 13> ... sql statement: alter session set nls_date_format=''yyyy-mm-dd-hh24-mi-ss'' sql statement: alter system archive log current ... Starting backup at 23-JAN-07 ... channel t1: starting piece 1 at 23-JAN-07 channel t1: finished piece 1 at 23-JAN-07 ... channel t1: backup set complete, elapsed time: 01:40:37 ... Finished backup at 23-JAN-07 ... Sam Bootsma Oracle Database Administrator Information Technology Services George Brown College Phone: 416-415-5000 x4933 Fax: 416-415-4836 E-mail: sbootsma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:sbootsma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>