OPS/REXX Built-in Functions › DATE Function

DATE Function

REXX code that uses the DATE function invokes the TSO/E REXX version of the function when running under TSO/E.

Note: Use the DATE function in OPS/REXX or AOF rules.

The OPS/REXX non-SAA extension to the DATE function has the following format:

var = DATE([x][,source-date][,y])

x

(Optional) Includes, as in standard REXX, the format of the date that is returned by the function and may be any of the following standard REXX date formats: B, C, D, E, J, M, N, O, S, U, W

Default: N

source-date

(Optional) Includes, as in standard REXX, the date to be returned by the function.

Default: The current date at execution time.

y

(Optional) Includes, as in standard REXX, the format of the source-date. However, unlike standard REXX, the only accepted values for y are B and S.

Default: yyyyddd, where ddd is the Julian day of the year yyyy.

This format is useful for calculating past and future dates. For example, the date 1 Feb 2009 in standard REXX format N is expressed as 2009032 in this default format that is unique to OPS/REXX.