Platform

x64, Win32

Purpose

To get the date in the form DD/MM/YY or DD/MM//YYYY (European format).

Syntax

CHARACTER (LEN=8) FUNCTION EDATE@()
CHARACTER (LEN=10) FUNCTION EDATE@()

Description

Use CHARACTER (LEN=8) for DD/MM/YY and CHARACTER (LEN=10) for DD/MM/YYYY where the year appears as four digits.

See also

DATE_AND_TIME, DATE@, FDATE@.

Example

CHARACTER (LEN=8)::EDATE@
PRINT *,'program run on ',EDATE@()