$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. |
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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')