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dateCurrent

Returns the current date and time.

Can be used to return the current date and time to the user or to create commands using date evaluations.

Type and Usage

• "Global Functions"

• "Date and Time"

Parameters

The only optional parameter is an integer, which adjusts the date by the specified number of days relative to the current date.

Output

Returns a date formatted according to the user locale.

Example

In the following examples, dates are formatted according to the default English-US locale:

m/d/yy h:mm XM

The following returns the current date and the current time (for example, 8/12/01 1:55 PM):

<$dateCurrent()$>

Returns the date ten days in the future and the current time (for example, 8/22/01 1:55 PM):

<$dateCurrent(10)$>

Returns the date ten days in the past and the current time (for example, 8/2/01 1:55 PM):

<$dateCurrent(-10)$>

See Also

• "CURRENT_DATE"