$Sir_Date
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" />
$Sir_Date Function
where
| fmt | optional datetime format string, defaults to 'YY-MM-DD'. Refer to for an explanation of valid datetime formats and valid datetime values. |
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| errctl | optional error control string, refer to . |
| %odate | set to contain the current date and time, in the format specified by fmt. |
For 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')
Error conditions are shown in the following figure (see the discussion in ).
- fmt is not a valid datetime format.
$Sir_Date returns the null string in the following error cases:
- Sirius functions
- Fast/Unload User Language Interface
- Janus Open Client
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- Japanese functions
- Sir2000 Field Migration Facility
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