HP OpenVMS DCL Dictionary
F$TIME
Returns the current date and time in absolute time format.
The F$TIME function has no arguments, but must be followed by
parentheses.
Format
F$TIME()
Return Value
A character string containing the current date and time. The returned
string has the following fixed, 23-character format:
When the current day of the month is any of the values 1 to 9, the
first character in the returned string is a blank character. The time
portion of the string is always in character position 13, at an offset
of 12 characters from the beginning of the string.
Note that you must use the assignment operator (=) to preserve the
blank character in the returned string. If you use the string
assignment operator (:=), the leading blank is dropped.
Arguments
None.
Example
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$ OPEN/WRITE OUTFILE DATA.DAT
$ TIME_STAMP = F$TIME()
$ WRITE OUTFILE TIME_STAMP
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This example shows how to use the F$TIME function to time-stamp a file
that you create from a command procedure. OUTFILE is the logical name
for the file DATA.DAT, which is opened for writing. The F$TIME function
returns the current date and time string, and assigns this string to
the symbol TIME_STAMP. The WRITE command writes the date and time
string to OUTFILE.
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