TODAY

Purpose

Returns today's date in the format requested.

Syntax

►►─┬─ TODAY ──┬─ ( date-format ) ─────────────────────────────────────────────►◄
   └─ TODAYX ─┘

Parameters

TODAY/TODAYX

Invokes the today function. TODAYX returns a date that contains the century portion of the year.

date-format

Specifies the output date format. Date-format can be:

The date format, enclosed in quotation marks
The name of a user-defined variable data field containing the date format

Date-format can be:

C for calendar
E for European
G for Gregorian
J for Julian

Example 1

In the following example, the today function is used to display today's date in the calendar format (where today is March 17, 1989):

Statement:
    MOVE TODAY('C') TO WK-RESULT.
Returned value: 031789

Example 2

In this example, the today function is used to return today's date in the calendar format (where today is October 30, 1990). The returned date contains the century portion of the year:

Statement:
    MOVE TODAYX('C') TO WK-RESULT.
Returned value: 10301990