NAME

fdate − return date and time in an ASCII string

SYNOPSIS

subroutine fdate (string)
character∗(∗) string character∗(∗) function fdate()

DESCRIPTION

Fdate returns the current date and time as a 24 character string in the format described under ctime(3). Neither ’newline’ nor NULL will be included.

Fdate 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), time(3F), idate(3F)

Sun System Release 1.0  —  13 June 1983