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<span class="pageSubtitle">Current date as number of days</span> | <span class="pageSubtitle">Current date as number of days</span> | ||
<p class="warn"><b>Note: </b> | <p class="warn"><b>Note: </b>Many $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The OO equivalent of $Sir_DateND is <var>[[CurrentTimeDays (System function)|CurrentTimeDays]]</var>.</p> | ||
The <var>$Sir_DateND</var> function has no arguments and returns the number of days since 1 January, 1900. | The <var>$Sir_DateND</var> function has no arguments and returns the number of days since 1 January, 1900. | ||
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<table> | <table> | ||
<tr><th>%num</th> | <tr><th>%num</th> | ||
<td>This numeric variable is set to the number of days from 1 Jan 1900 to the current date. | <td>This numeric variable is set to the number of days from <code>1 Jan 1900</code> to the current date. | ||
</td></tr></table> | </td></tr></table> | ||
==Usage notes== | ==Usage notes== | ||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
<li><var>$Sir_DateND</var> has no error conditions. | <li><var>$Sir_DateND</var> has no error conditions.</li> | ||
<li>Values returned by <var>$Sir_DateND</var> can be represented in a 4-byte BINARY field, if you choose to do so. | <li>Values returned by <var>$Sir_DateND</var> can be represented in a 4-byte <var>BINARY</var> field, if you choose to do so. </li> | ||
<li>To obtain the current date and time in a readable form, use <var>$Sir_Date</var>. | <li>To obtain the current date and time in a readable form, use <var>$Sir_Date</var>. </li> | ||
<li>To convert the number of days to a readable form, use <var>$Sir_ND2Date</var>. | <li>To convert the number of days to a readable form, use <var>$Sir_ND2Date</var>.</li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
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The following fragment will print the date one week from the current date: | The following fragment will print the date one week from the current date: | ||
<p class="code"> | <p class="code">Print $Sir_ND2Date($Sir_DateND + 7, 'Wkday DAY Month YYYY') | ||
</p> | </p> | ||
==Products authorizing {{PAGENAMEE}}== | ==Products authorizing {{PAGENAMEE}}== | ||
<ul class="smallAndTightList"> | <ul class="smallAndTightList"> | ||
<li>[[Sirius functions]]</li> | <li>[[List of $functions|Sirius functions]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Fast/Unload User Language Interface]]</li> | <li>[[Fast/Unload User Language Interface]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Janus Open Client]]</li> | <li>[[Media:JoclrNew.pdf|Janus Open Client]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Janus Open Server]]</li> | <li>[[Media:JosrvrNew.pdf|Janus Open Server]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Janus Sockets]]</li> | <li>[[Janus Sockets]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Janus Web Server]]</li> | <li>[[Janus Web Server]]</li> | ||
<li> | <li>Japanese functions</li> | ||
<li>[[Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li> | <li>[[Media:SirfieldNew.pdf|Sir2000 Field Migration Facility]]</li> | ||
<li>[[Sir2000 User Language Tools]]</li> | <li>[[Sir2000 User Language Tools]]</li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
[[Category:$Functions|$Sir_DateND]] | [[Category:$Functions|$Sir_DateND]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:50, 8 February 2018
Current date as number of days
Note: Many $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')