Futurebasic/Language/Reference/datestring

DATE$ function DATE$ Function ✔ Appearance ✔ Standard ✔ Console Syntax dateString$ = DATE$ Description The DATE$ function reads the system clock and returns the current date as a string in the format: MM/DD/YY (that is, the string returned contains two digit numerals each for month, day and year, separated by slash marks). You can use the Toolbox routine IUDATESTRING to get a date string that is formatted according to the international specifications set in the "Date & Time" control panel. See the sample program IUDATESTRING.BAS to see how this is done. Example res/cd.gif image CD Example: IUDATESTRING.BAS Note The DATE$ function only returns the last two digits of the year. To get the complete 4-digit year value, you can use the SECONDSTODATE Toolbox function (previously SECS2DATE - both are supported in FutureBasic), as follows: DIM dateRec AS DateTimeRec DIM secs& DIM theMonth%,theDay%,theYear%,theWeekday% CALL GETDATETIME( secs& ) CALL SECONDSTODATE(secs&,dateRec) theMonth%  = dateRec.month theDay%    = dateRec.day theYear%   = dateRec.year       'Full 4 digits theWeekday% = dateRec.dayOfWeek '1=Sunday, 7=Saturday PRINT theMonth% PRINT theDay% PRINT theYear% PRINT theWeekday% See Also TIME$; TIMER statement