Data Manipulation Language Statements › #GETIME—gets time and date from the operating system

#GETIME—gets time and date from the operating system

The #GETIME statement obtains the time and date from the operating system. The system time is returned to the issuing task in binary absolute, binary formatted, packed decimal, or edited format, as specified by the task. The date is returned to the program in packed decimal format.

After completion of the #GETIME request, a user-defined register and register 1 contain the following time and date information:

• Register n specifies system time (if requested in binary formatted or binary absolute format) or the address of a field that contain the system time (if requested in packed or edited format). The register number (n) is assigned by the FORMAT parameter; if not specified, the default is register 0.

  Note: The return-time location can be defined by the FORMAT parameter as a variable field name rather than a register number; in this instance, register 0 will still contain the time value or return-time address, as described above.

• Register 1 contains the Julian date in packed format: 0yyydddc (padded zero, current year relative to 1900, days in year, sign). For example, 0099365C would represent December 31, 1999. 0100001C would represent January 1, 2000.