DATE function

Syntax

DATE ( )

Description

Use the DATE function to return the numeric value of the internal system date. Although the DATE function takes no arguments, parentheses are required to identify it as a function.

The internal format for the date is based on a reference date of December 31, 1967, which is day 0. All dates thereafter are positive numbers representing the number of days elapsed since day 0. All dates before day 0 are negative numbers representing the number of days before day 0. For example:

Table 1. Internal Formats for Dates
Date	Internal Representation
December 10, 1967	-21
November 15, 1967	-46
February 15, 1968	46
January 1, 1985	6575

Example

PRINT DATE()
PRINT OCONV(DATE(),"D2/")

This is the program output:

9116
12/15/92