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Get current datetime

Note: Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent of $Sir_Date is CurrentTimeString.

This function accepts an optional datetime format string and an optional error control string, and returns the current date and time as a character string with the specified format.

Syntax

%odate = $Sir_Date(fmt, errctl)

Syntax terms

%odate	Set to contain the current date and time, in the format specified by `fmt`.
fmt	Optional datetime format string, defaults to 'YY-MM-DD'. Refer to "Datetime string formats" for an explanation of valid datetime formats and valid datetime values.
errctl	Optional error control string; refer to "Datetime error handling".

Usage notes

$Sir_Date returns the null string in the following error case: fmt is not a valid datetime format. For more information about error handling, see "Datetime error handling").

Example

The following fragment prints a value such as Monday, 1 January 2001 AT 01:11:10 PM:

Print $Sir_Date('Wkday, DAY Month YYYY' WITH ' "A"T HH:MI:SS AM')

Products authorizing $Sir_Date

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 <span class="pageSubtitle">Get current datetime</span>
-<p class="warning">Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent of $Sir_Date is <var>[[CurrentTimeString (System function)|CurrentTimeString]]</var>.</p>
+<p class="warn"><b>Note: </b>Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent of $Sir_Date is <var>[[CurrentTimeString (System function)|CurrentTimeString]]</var>.</p>
 This function accepts an optional datetime format string and an optional error control string, and returns the current date and time as a character string with the specified format.