FDATE

Portability Function and Subroutine: Returns the current date and time as an ASCII string.

Module: USE IFPORT

Syntax

Function Syntax:

result = FDATE ( )

Subroutine Syntax:

CALL FDATE ( [string] )

string
(Output; optional) Character*(*). It is returned as a 24-character string in the form:

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Any value in string  before the call is destroyed.

Results

The result of the function FDATE and the value of string returned by the subroutine FDATE(string) are identical. Newline and NULL are not included in the string.

When you use FDATE as a function, declare it as:

  CHARACTER*24 FDATE 

Compatibility

CONSOLE STANDARD GRAPHICS QUICKWIN GRAPHICS WINDOWS DLL LIB

See Also

DATE_AND_TIME

Example

USE IFPORT
CHARACTER*24 today
!
CALL FDATE(today)
write (*,*), 'Today is ', today
!
write (*,*), 'Today is ', fdate()