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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
<p class="syntax">%num = $Sir_DateND | <p class="syntax"><span class="term">%num</span> = <span class="literal">$Sir_DateND</span> | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
<table | ===Syntax terms=== | ||
<table> | |||
<tr><th>%num</th> | <tr><th>%num</th> | ||
<td>set to the number of days from 1 Jan 1900 to the current date. | <td>set to the number of days from 1 Jan 1900 to the current date. | ||
</td></tr></table> | </td></tr></table> | ||
==Usage notes== | |||
<ul> | |||
<li><var>$Sir_DateND</var> has no error conditions. | |||
< | <li>Values returned by <var>$Sir_DateND</var> can be represented in a 4-byte BINARY field, if you choose to do so. | ||
</ | |||
<var>$ | <li>To obtain the current date and time in a readable form, use <var>$Sir_Date</var>. | ||
<li>To convert the number of days to a readable form, use <var>$Sir_ND2Date</var>. | <li>To convert the number of days to a readable form, use <var>$Sir_ND2Date</var>. | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
==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') | |||
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==Products authorizing {{PAGENAMEE}}== | ==Products authorizing {{PAGENAMEE}}== | ||
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<li>[[Sir2000 User Language Tools]]</li> | <li>[[Sir2000 User Language Tools]]</li> | ||
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[[Category:$Functions|$Sir_DateND]] | [[Category:$Functions|$Sir_DateND]] | ||
Revision as of 21:39, 19 July 2013
Current date as number of days
Note: Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent of $Sir_DateND is CurrentTimeDays.
The $Sir_DateND function has no arguments and returns the number of days since 1 January, 1900.
Syntax
%num = $Sir_DateND
Syntax terms
| %num | set to the number of days from 1 Jan 1900 to the current date. |
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Usage notes
- $Sir_DateND has no error conditions.
- 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.
Example
The following fragment will print the date one week from the current date:
PRINT $Sir_ND2Date($Sir_DateND + 7, 'Wkday DAY Month YYYY')