RETURNS THE CURRENT DATE
ACTION
The system variable DATE$ returns the current date in a string formatted MM/DD/YYYY with MM for the month, DD for the day and YYYY for the year.
Remark: the keyword DATE$ ends by '$' because the returned value is a string.
SYNTAX:
DATE$ in an expression
USE ERROR EXAMPLE
print "current date : "+date$
print "current day : "+str$(date_day)
print "current month : "+str$(date_month)
print "current year : "+str$(date_year)
DATE$
DATE$
SEE ALSO
TIME$
TIME_HOUR
TIME_MINUTE
TIME_SECOND