DTW_DATE

AIX HP-UX Linux OS/2 OS/390 OS/400 PTX SUN Win NT
X X X X X X X X X

Purpose

Returns the current system date in the specified format.

Format

@DTW_DATE(format, stringOut)

@DTW_DATE(stringOut)

@DTW_rDATE(format)

@DTW_rDATE()

Parameters

Table 32. DTW_DATE Parameters
Data Type Parameter Use Description
string format IN A variable or literal string specifying the data format. Valid formats include:

D - Day of the year (001-366)

E - European date format (dd/mm/yy)

N - Normal date format (dd mon yyyy)

O - Ordered date format (yy/mm/dd)

S - Standard date format (yyyymmdd)

U - USA date format (mm/dd/yy)

The default is N.

string stringOut OUT A variable that contains the date in the specified format.

Return Codes

Table 33. DTW_DATE Return Codes
Return Code Explanation
-1001 The server could not process a Net.Data request to allocate memory.
1001 An input parameter contained a NULL value.
1003 An incorrect number of parameters were passed on a function call.
1005 A parameter passed on a function call, required to be a string variable, was of a different variable type.
1006 A literal string was passed on a function call for a parameter which was required to be an output parameter.
1007 A parameter contains a value which is not valid.

Examples

Example 1: Normal date format

@DTW_DATE(results)

Example 2: European date format

@DTW_DATE("E", results)

Example 3: US date format

%HTML(report){
<p>This report created on @DTW_rDATE("U").</p>


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