Export DBF table to JSON using dynamic filename with current date

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

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

Choose DBF and logon.

“Export From Table” for “JSON to DBF“.

Select JSON file type.

1. Choose DBF table.

2. Set JSON 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 JSON file. Dynamically created JSON file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output JSON files.

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DBF → JSON reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in DBF	in JSON
Int	Numeric(10,0)	1234 (number)
Bigint	Numeric(19,0)	9007199254740993
Decimal	Numeric(p,s)	1234.56 (number)
Float	Float	1.234e10 (number)
Text	Character(n)	"text" (string)
Long text	Memo	"multi-line\ntext" (escaped newline inside a string)
Date	Date	"2026-09-18" (string)
Datetime	(none)	"2026-09-18T14:30:00Z" (string)
Binary	(none)	"base64:..." (string)
Boolean	Logical	true / false (boolean)
JSON	(none)	nested object or array, kept as structure

Dialect differences

DBF is a database server and JSON 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 JSON
port	(file-based)	—
identifiers	—	Double quotes; backslash escapes
row limit	(driver dependent)	—
dates	Date (D)	No date type: dates arrive as strings and the reader must p...
long text	Memo (M)	—
binary	—	Not supported natively - base64 inside a string
separator	—	Braces and commas
encoding	—	UTF-8 by definition
typing	—	string, number, boolean, null, object, array - no date type
shape	Tables of rows and columns	Nested objects and arrays
ceiling	—	Whole document is usually parsed into memory

No counterpart

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

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