Today

Returns today's date in the format requested.

Syntax:

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

Invocation names:

TODAY
TODAYX

Parameters:

TODAY/TODAYX

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

(output-date-format)

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

'C' for calendar
'E' for European
'G' for Gregorian
'J' for Julian
The name of a user-defined variable data field containing the date format

Examples:

Example 1

In the example below, the today function is used to display today's date in the calendar format (where today is March 17, 1996):

Statement:
    compute sys-date = today('c')
Returned value: 031796

Example 2

In the example below, the today function is used to display today's date in the calendar format (where today is March 17, 1996). The returned date contains the century portion of the year:

Statement:
    compute sys-date = todayx('c')
Returned value: 03171996

Note: In the example above, SYS-DATE must contain the century portion of the year.