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Library: omdate - date and time functions
Include: omdate.xin
Return type: String
Returns:       

Returns a 19-character string representing the current date and time.


Declaration

  define stream function now-as-ymdhms


Purpose

This function returns a 19-character string of the current date and time in a standard, normalized "YYYYMMDDhhmmss+ZHZM" format.

Example in one line:

     output "Now = " || now-as-ymdhms || "%n"

Working example:

  ; Add one year to the current date 
    include "omdate.xin"
    process
      local stream ymdhms  ; current date
      local integer years-to-add initial {1}
      local stream incremented-date
      set ymdhms to now-as-ymdhms
      set incremented-date to add-to-ymdhms ymdhms years years-to-add
      output "Current date          = " || ymdhms || "%n"
      output "Current date + 1 year = " || incremented-date
  ; Result of this example run on Valentine's Day, 2001:
  ;      Current date          = 20010214155655-0500
  ;      Current date + 1 year = 20020214155655-0500

        Other Library Functions
   add-to-ymdhms
   arpadate-to-ymdhms
   format-ymdhms
   now-as-ymdhms
   round-down-ymdhms
   round-up-ymdhms
   ymdhms-adjust-time-zone
   ymdhms-day-difference
   ymdhms-julian-day-count
   ymdhms-month-difference
   ymdhms-second-difference
   ymdhms-to-arpadate
   ymd-weekday
 
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