Built-in Functions › DISPDT

DISPDT

Purpose

Returns the current date-time stamp as a 26-byte displayable date-time stamp. The returned value is in the format CCYY-MM-DD-HH.MM.SS.NNNNNN.

Syntax

►►────┬─ DISPLAY-DATE-TIME ──┬────────── () ──────────────────────────────────►◄
      ├─ DISPDT ─────────────┤
      └─ DDAT ───────────────┘

Example

In the following example, the DISPDT function is used to move the current date-time stamp to the field DATE-TIME-FIELD. The DISPDT function is executed on August 1, 2007 at approximately 3:37 p.m.

Statement:
    MOVE  DISPDT()  TO  DATE-TIME-FIELD

Returned string:
    '2007-08-01-15.37.11.876526'