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<span class="pageSubtitle"><section begin="desc" />Current date as number of days<section end="desc" /></span> | <span class="pageSubtitle"><section begin="desc" />Current date as number of days<section end="desc" /></span> | ||
<p class="warning">Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. | <p class="warning">Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is currently no OO equivalent for the $Sir_DateND function.</p> | ||
The $Sir_DateND function has no arguments and returns the number of days since 1 January, 1900. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
<p class="syntax"><section begin="syntax" /> %num = $Sir_DateND | <p class="syntax"><section begin="syntax" /> %num = $Sir_DateND | ||
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<p class="caption">$Sir_DateND Function | <p class="caption">$Sir_DateND Function | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
where | where | ||
<table class="syntaxTable"> | <table class="syntaxTable"> | ||
<tr><th>%num</th> | <tr><th>%num</th> | ||
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</td></tr></table> | </td></tr></table> | ||
For example, the following fragment will print the date one week from the current date: | |||
<p class="code"> PRINT $Sir_ND2Date($Sir_DateND + 7, 'Wkday DAY Month YYYY') | <p class="code"> PRINT $Sir_ND2Date($Sir_DateND + 7, 'Wkday DAY Month YYYY') | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
$Sir_DateND has no error conditions. | $Sir_DateND has no error conditions. | ||
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Notes: | Notes: | ||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
<li>Values returned by $Sir_DateND can be represented in a 4-byte BINARY field, if you choose to do so. | <li>Values returned by $Sir_DateND can be represented in a 4-byte BINARY field, if you choose to do so. | ||
<li>To obtain the current date and time in a readable form, use $Sir_Date. | <li>To obtain the current date and time in a readable form, use $Sir_Date. | ||
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<li>[[Japanese functions]]</li> | <li>[[Japanese functions]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li> | <li>[[Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Sir2000 User Language Tools]]</li> | |||
<li> | |||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
<p class="caption">Products authorizing $Sir_DateND | <p class="caption">Products authorizing $Sir_DateND | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
[[Category:$Functions|$Sir_DateND]] | [[Category:$Functions|$Sir_DateND]] |
Revision as of 19:21, 8 February 2011
<section begin="desc" />Current date as number of days<section end="desc" />
Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is currently no OO equivalent for the $Sir_DateND function.
The $Sir_DateND function has no arguments and returns the number of days since 1 January, 1900.
Syntax
<section begin="syntax" /> %num = $Sir_DateND <section end="syntax" />
where
%num | set to the number of days from 1 Jan 1900 to the current date. |
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For example, the following fragment will print the date one week from the current date:
PRINT $Sir_ND2Date($Sir_DateND + 7, 'Wkday DAY Month YYYY')
$Sir_DateND has no error conditions.
Notes:
- Values returned by $Sir_DateND can be represented in a 4-byte BINARY field, if you choose to do so.
- To obtain the current date and time in a readable form, use $Sir_Date.
- To convert the number of days to a readable form, use $Sir_ND2Date.