date()
Return the date and time as a 24-character string.
Syntax
date()
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Description
The date() function returns the current date and time as a 24-character string in the format:
Sun Sep 16 01:03:52 1973
The date() function is equivalent to the C library ctime(3) function. The date() function is also equivalent to the PSL statement:
asctime(time());
Example
The following example prints the current date and time to the PATROL Console:
today = date();
print("The date is ",today);
print("The date is ",today);
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