different default oracle date formats under mod_perl and scripts

["Jay Buffington" <suppressed>]

Hi,

I'm using DBI with DBD::Oracle.  I've noticed that under scripts the
default date format is mm/dd/yyyy HH24:MI:SS, where as under mod_perl
the default returned date format is YYYY-MM-DD.

That is, if I select a date column from the database without wrapping
it in a TO_CHAR() function, I get different results under mod_perl.

I find this curious.  Is this a configuration option somewhere?  If so
where can I change it?

Thanks,
Jay