TIMEDATE function

Syntax

TIMEDATE ( )

Description

Use the TIMEDATE function to return the current system time and date in the following format:

hh:mm:ss dd mmm yyyy

hh

Hours (based on a 24-hour clock)

mm

Minutes

ss

Seconds

dd

Day

mmm

Month

yyyy

Year

No arguments are required with the TIMEDATE function.

If you want to increase the number of spaces between the time and the date, edit the line beginning with TMD0001 in the msg.txt file in the UV account directory. This line can contain up to four hash signs (#). Each # prints a space between the time and the date.

If NLS mode is enabled, the TIMEDATE function uses the convention defined in the TIMEDATE field in the NLS.LC.TIME file for combined time and date format. Otherwise, it returns the time and date.

Examples

PRINT TIMEDATE()

This is the program output:

11:19:07 18 JUN 1996

If the TMD0001 message contains four #s, the program output is:

11:19:07    18 JUN 1996