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Date Variables

There are a variety of variables available to display the current date. How the date is read or displayed on the screen is determined by the variable that is used.

The following variables can display dates:

Variable

Date Format

Example

ZDATE

English

mm/dd/yy

February 15, 2002 appears as:

02/15/02

Note: If the "European Dates" option is set to Y in the System Options Table (SMRT), this variable will be formatted in European format, dd/mm/yy.

ZLDATE

English with long year

mm/dd/yyyy

February 15, 2002 appears as:

02/15/2002

Note: If the "European Dates" option is set to Y in the System Options Table (SMRT), this variable will be formatted in European long year format, dd/mm/yyyy.

ZEDATE

European

dd/mm/yy

February 15, 2002 appears as:

15/02/02

ZJDATE

Julian

yy.jjj

February 15, 2002 appears as:

02.046

ZLEDATE

European with long year

dd/mm/yyyy

February 15, 2002 appears as:

15/02/2002

ZLJDATE

Julian with long year

yyyy.jjj

February 15, 2002 appears as:

2002.046