Export DBF table to CSV using dynamic filename with current date

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Export data from DBF table to CSV file using dynamic filename with date and time

Login to DBF -> Choose DBF table -> Set CSV filename template including date -> Export DBF to CSV using current date as file name

Choose DBF and logon.

“Export From Table” for “CSV to DBF“.

Select CSV file type.

1. Choose DBF table.

2. Set CSV file options. Enter filename template, including date, #yyyy# is for current year, #mm# month, #dd# day, #hh# hour, #mi# minute, #ss# second.

3. Set rows options.

4. Export DBF table data to CSV file. Dynamically created CSV file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output CSV files.

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More about DBF to CSV converter

DBF → CSV reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in DBF	in CSV
Int	Numeric(10,0)	1234
Bigint	Numeric(19,0)	9007199254740993
Decimal	Numeric(p,s)	1234.56
Float	Float	1.234e+10
Text	Character(n)	quoted only when it contains a comma or a quote
Long text	Memo	must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records
Date	Date	2026-09-18
Datetime	(none)	2026-09-18 14:30:00
Binary	(none)	not representable - base64 or hex string
Boolean	Logical	TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer
JSON	(none)	the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled

Dialect differences

DBF is a database server and CSV is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference - the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.

Property	in DBF	in CSV
port	(file-based)	—
identifiers	—	Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" )
row limit	(driver dependent)	—
dates	Date (D)	Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00
long text	Memo (M)	—
binary	—	Not supported
separator	—	Comma ","
encoding	—	No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM
typing	—	None - every field is text
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Flat table, optional header row
ceiling	—	No formal limit; row count bounded by memory

No counterpart

• CSV has no equivalent for Date and time - it has to be flattened or dropped.
• CSV has no equivalent for Binary - it has to be flattened or dropped.
• CSV has no equivalent for JSON - it has to be flattened or dropped.

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