Date and Time Procedures: table

Name Procedure Type Description
CPU_TIME Intrinsic subroutine Returns the processor time in seconds.
DATE Intrinsic subroutine Returns the ASCII representation of the current date (in dd-mmm-yy form).
DATE_AND_TIME Intrinsic subroutine Returns the date and time. This is the preferred procedure for date and time.
IDATE Intrinsic subroutine Returns three integer values representing the current month, day, and year.
SYSTEM_CLOCK Intrinsic subroutine Returns data from the system clock.
TIME Intrinsic subroutine Returns the ASCII representation of the current time (in hh:mm:ss form).

The portability routines GETDAT, GETTIM, SETDAT, and SETTIM also supply this functionality.