Name

fdate − return date and time in an ASCII string

Syntax

subroutine fdate (string)
character*(*) string character*(*) function fdate()

Description

The fdate function returns the current date and time as a 24-character string in the format described under ctime(.). Neither ’newline’ nor NULL will be included.

The fdate function can be called either as a function or as a subroutine. If called as a function, the calling routine must define its type and length. For example:

character*24   fdate
external       fdate
 write(*,*) fdate()

Files

/usr/lib/libU77.a

See Also

ctime(3), idate(3f), time(3f)