$Sir_DateND

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	This numeric variable is set to the number of days from 1 Jan 1900 to the current date.

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')

Products authorizing $Sir_DateND

• Sirius functions
• Fast/Unload User Language Interface
• Janus Open Client
• [[Media:JosrvrNew.pdf|Janus Open Server]
• Janus Sockets
• Janus Web Server
• Japanese functions
• Sir2000 Field Migration Facility
• Sir2000 User Language Tools