&ZGDATEn

A set of system variables that return the date, in different formats, based on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

&ZGDATE1 to &ZGDATE17 (excluding &ZGDATE15) are system variables that supply the current date, based on GMT, in the following formats:

&ZGDATE1—date as YY.DDD
&ZGDATE2—date as DAY DD-MON-YYYY
&ZGDATE3—date as DD-MON-YYYY
&ZGDATE4—date as DD/MM/YY
&ZGDATE5—date as MM/DD/YY
&ZGDATE6—date as YY/MM/DD
&ZGDATE7—date as YYMMDD
&ZGDATE8—date as YYYYMMDD
&ZGDATE9—date as nnnnnn
&ZGDATE10—date as YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ
&ZGDATE11—date as YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.FFFFFFZ
&ZGDATE12—date as DD/MM/YYYY
&ZGDATE13—date as YYYY/MM/DD
&ZGDATE14—date as MM/DD/YYYY
&ZGDATE16—date as YYYY.DDD
&ZGDATE17—date as YYYYDDD

where:

DAY

Is the day of the week as follows:

MON: Monday
TUE: Tuesday
WED: Wednesday
THU: Thursday
FRI: Friday
SAT: Saturday
SUN: Sunday

DD

Is the day of the month as a two-digit number.

DDD

is the Julian day within the year as a three-digit number.

MM

Is the month of the year as a two-digit number.

MON

Is the month of the year as follows:

JAN: January
FEB: February
MAR: March
APR: April
MAY: May
JUN: June
JUL: July
AUG: August
SEP: September
OCT: October
NOV: November
DEC: December

nnnnnn

Is the number of days from 1 January 0001 with no leading zeros.

YYYY

Is the current year as a four-digit number.

YY

Is the current year as a two-digit number.

Z

Is GMT.

FFFFFF

Is the time accurate to 10^-6.

Example: &ZGDATEn

&FILEDATE = &ZGDATE3

Note: If microsecond accuracy is not required, avoid using &ZGDATE11 to reduce unnecessary overhead. Each access to &ZGDATE11 causes the system to re-fetch and synchronize time with the operating system, to format the result to microsecond accuracy.