DATE$ function
Purpose:
DATE$ returns a date formatted MM-DD-YYYY, where MM
represents two digits of the month, including a leading 0 if
needed, DD represents two digits of the day, and YYYY represents
the four digits of the Gregorian calendar year. This format has
been chosen for use in BCX to match the DATE$ format used in
GW-Basic, QuickBasic, Turbo/PowerBasic, VBDOS->VB6, FreeBasic
and others.
Syntax 1:
RetStr = DATE$
Return Value:
- Data type: STRING
RetStr The system date formatted MM-DD-YYYY,
where MM represents two digits of the month, DD represents two
digits of the day, and YYYY represents the four digits of the
year.
Parameters:
Syntax 2:
RetStr = DATE$(IntParam AS INTEGER)
Return Value:
- Data type: STRING
RetStr Depending on the value of the
IntParam parameter, either the system date
or the current Coordinated Universal date formatted MM-DD-YYYY,
where MM represents two digits of the month, DD represents two
digits of the day, and YYYY represents the four digits of the
year.
Parameters:
- Data type: INTEGER
IntParam A zero value indicates that the
return should be a character string containing the system date
formatted MM-DD-YYYY, where MM represents two digits of the month,
DD represents two digits of the day, and YYYY represents the four
digits of the year. A non-zero value indicates that the return
should be a character string containing the current Coordinated
Universal date formatted MM-DD-YYYY, where MM represents two digits
of the month, DD represents two digits of the day, and YYYY
represents the four digits of the year.
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Example 1:
PRINT "The system date is ", DATE$
Example 2:
DIM TheDate%
TheDate% = 0
PRINT "The system date is ", DATE$(TheDate%)
TheDate% = 1
PRINT "The Coordinated Universal date is ", DATE$(TheDate%)
BCX Console Sample Programs using DATE$ function.
ISODATE$ function
Purpose:
ISODATE$ returns a date formatted as YYYY-MM-DD,
where YYYY is the year, MM are two digits representing the month
and DD are two digits representing the day.
Syntax 1:
RetStr = ISODATE$
Return Value:
- Data type: STRING
RetStr The system date formatted as
YYYY-MM-DD, where YYYY is the year, MM are two digits representing
the month and DD are two digits representing the day.
Parameters:
Syntax 2:
RetStr = ISODATE$(IntParam AS INTEGER)
Return Value:
- Data type: STRING
RetStr Depending on the value of the
IntParam parameter, either the system date
or the current Coordinated Universal date formatted as YYYY-MM-DD,
where YYYY is the year, MM are two digits representing the month
and DD are two digits representing the day.
Parameters:
- Data type: INTEGER
IntParam A zero value indicates that the
return should be a character string containing the system date
formatted as YYYY-MM-DD, where YYYY is the year, MM are two digits
representing the month and DD are two digits representing the day.
A non-zero value indicates that the return should be a character
string containing the current Coordinated Universal date formatted
as YYYY-MM-DD, where YYYY is the year, MM are two digits
representing the month and DD are two digits representing the
day.
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Example 1:
PRINT "The system date is ", ISODATE$
Example 2:
DIM TheDate%
TheDate% = 0
PRINT "The system date is ", ISODATE$(TheDate%)
TheDate% = 1
PRINT "The Coordinated Universal date is ", ISODATE$(TheDate%)