f$Date (f$Datum)

Get the current date or time

Syntax:	Date = f$Date( DateFormat, Language ) or Date = f$Date( DateFormat ) or Date = f$Date()
	Argument	Type	Meaning
	DateFormat	String	Date format (default: "dd.MM.yy") !optional! (see below)
	Language	String	Language "D" (German, default) or "GB" !optional!
Result:	String	Date in chosen format

Date format:

The following identifiers are permitted:

d	day of the month (1..31)
dd	two-digit day of the month (01..31)
ddd	day of the week (abbreviated): Language "D": Mon, Die, Mit, Don, Fre, Sam, Son Language "GB": Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
dddd	day of the week (unabbreviated) Language"D": Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag, Sonntag Language "GB": Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
M	month (1..12)
MM	month, two digits (01..12)
MMM	abbreviated month name: Language"D": Jan, Feb, Mär, Apr, Mai, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Okt, Nov, Dez Language "GB": Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
MMMM	month name advertised
yy	year, two digits (00..99)
yyyy	year, four digits (1997..9999)
w	running number of the day of the week (1..7), beginning with Monday
ww	calendar week (1..53)
h	hour (0..23)
hh	hour, two digits (00..23)
m	minute (0..59)
mm	minute, two digits (00..59)
s	seconds (0..59)
ss	seconds, two digits (00..59)
"..."	Text enclosed in quotation marks is accepted as text constants, i.e. possible identifiers contained within are not searched for.

All other components of the format entry are constant characters, e.g. "." as date separator.

In order to support the German version, the d and y identifiers can also be replaced by t (Tag) and j (Jahr).

To get the date in the format of the regional settings, read this in the registry:

Date format = f$ReadRegValue( ’HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Control Panel\\International\\sShortDate’ )

The date format returned can be used directly.

Examples:

Date = f$Date()
→ Date = ’08.05.97’

Date = f$Date( ’dddd, MMMM d yyyy’ )
→ Date = ’Thursday, May 8 1997’

Date = f$Date( ’t. MMMM jjjj’, ’D’ )
→ Date = ’8. Mai 1997’