select
cast('04.12.2014' as date) as d1, -- DD.MM.YYYY
cast('04 12 2014' as date) as d2, -- MM DD YYYY
cast('4-12-2014' as date) as d3, -- MM-DD-YYYY
cast('04/12/2014' as date) as d4, -- MM/DD/YYYY
cast('04.12.14' as date) as d5, -- DD.MM.YY
-- DD.MM with current year
cast('04.12' as date) as d6,
-- MM/DD with current year
cast('04/12' as date) as d7,
cast('2014/12/04' as date) as d8, -- YYYY/MM/DD
cast('2014 12 04' as date) as d9, -- YYYY MM DD
cast('2014.12.04' as date) as d10, -- YYYY.MM.DD
cast('2014-12-04' as date) as d11, -- YYYY-MM-DD
cast('4 Jan 2014' as date) as d12, -- DD MM YYYY
cast('2014 Jan 4' as date) as dt13, -- YYYY MM DD
cast('Jan 4 2014' as date) as dt14, -- MM DD YYYY
cast('11:37' as time) as t1, -- HH:mm
cast('11:37:12' as time) as t2, -- HH:mm:ss
cast('11:31:12.1234' as time) as t3, -- HH:mm:ss.nnnn
-- DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm
cast('04.12.2014 11:37' as timestamp) as dt1,
-- MM/DD/YYYY HH:mm:ss
cast('04/12/2014 11:37:12' as timestamp) as dt2,
-- DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm:ss.nnnn
cast('04.12.2014 11:31:12.1234' as timestamp) as dt3,
cast('now' as timestamp) as m1,
cast('today' as date) as m2,
cast('yesterday' as date) as m3,
cast('tomorrow' as date) as m4
from rdb$database