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Export FoxBase table to TSV using dynamic filename with current date

Want to export data from FoxBase table to TSV using current date as file name?

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Export data from FoxBase table to TSV file using dynamic filename with date and time

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

Choose FoxBase and logon.

“Export From Table” for “TSV to FoxBase“.

Select TSV file type.

1. Choose FoxBase table.

2. Set TSV 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 FoxBase table data to TSV file. Dynamically created TSV file name using present system time.

After exporting, you can view output TSV files.


More about FoxBase to TSV converter

FoxBase → TSV reference

Type mapping

Value kindin FoxBasein TSV
IntNumeric(10,0)1234
BigintNumeric(19,0)9007199254740993
DecimalNumeric(p,s)1234.56
FloatFloat1.234e+10
TextCharacter(n)unquoted; a tab in the value splits the column
Long textMemounquoted; newlines break the row
DateDate2026-09-18
Datetime(none)2026-09-18 14:30:00
Binary(none)not representable
BooleanLogicalTRUE / FALSE
JSON(none)the whole JSON value as-is (its own quotes stay)

Dialect differences

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

Propertyin FoxBasein TSV
port(file-based)—
identifiers—Rarely used, which is exactly why tabs in data break it
row limit(driver dependent)—
datesDate (D)Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00
long textMemo (M)—
binary—Not supported - must be encoded
separator—Tab
encoding—No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM
typing—None - every field is text
shapeTables of rows and columnsFlat table, optional header row
ceiling—No formal limit

No counterpart

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

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New to the format? Read what a TSV file is (and how it differs from CSV).