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

Example

USE IFPORT

CHARACTER*24 today

CALL FDATE(today)

write (*,*), 'Today is ', today