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<td>Optional datetime format string, defaults to 'YY-MM-DD'. Refer to [[Datetime string formats|"Datetime string formats"]] for an explanation of valid datetime formats and valid datetime values.</td></tr>
<td>Optional datetime format string, defaults to 'YY-MM-DD'. Refer to [[Datetime string formats|"Datetime string formats"]] for an explanation of valid datetime formats and valid datetime values.</td></tr>
<tr><th>errctl</th>
<tr><th>errctl</th>
<td>Optional error control string; refer to [[Datetime string formats#Datetime Error Handling|"Datetime Error Handling"]].</td></tr>
<td>Optional error control string; refer to [[Datetime string formats#Datetime error handling|"Datetime error handling"]].</td></tr>
<tr><th>%odate</th>
<tr><th>%odate</th>
<td>Set to contain the current date and time, in the format specified by <var class="term">fmt</var>.
<td>Set to contain the current date and time, in the format specified by <var class="term">fmt</var>.
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<li>$Sir_Date returns the null string in the following error case: <var class="term">fmt</var> is not a valid datetime format.
<li>$Sir_Date returns the null string in the following error case: <var class="term">fmt</var> is not a valid datetime format.
For more information about error handling, see [[Datetime string formats#Datetime Error Handling|"Datetime Error Handling"]]).
For more information about error handling, see [[Datetime string formats#Datetime error handling|"Datetime error handling"]]).
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Revision as of 20:58, 8 February 2012

Get current datetime

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

<section begin="syntax" /> %odate = $Sir_Date(fmt, errctl) <section end="syntax" />

Syntax terms

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".
%odate Set to contain the current date and time, in the format specified by fmt.

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')


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