SYSTEMDATE

SYSTEMDATE

User request for a 'date' variable, able to contain the current date in different formats.

Usage

message "%systemdate%[optional formatstring]"

Examples

All examples use the date of March 10, 2014. To include literal text in the variable, enclose the literal text in single quotes.

Display the current date in the default format; the quotes are optional
message "%systemdate%"
Output: 03102014

Display the current date as short month, followed by the day of the month
message %systemdate%,MMMd
Output: Mar10

Display date as short day name, short month name, day of month, four digit year
message "%systemdate%,ddd, MMM d, yyyy"
Output: Mon, Mar 10, 2014

Display date as two digit day of month, four digit year
message "%systemdate%,dd, yyyy"
Output: 10, 2014

Display date as two digit day of month/two digit month/two digit year
message "%systemdate%,dd/MM/yy"
Output: 10/03/2014

Display date as two digit month, two digit day, two digit year
message %systemdate%,MM/ddyy
Output: 03/2014

Display date with week day and month spelled out
message "%systemdate%,'Today is 'dddd', 'MMMM d', of the year' yyyy"
Output: Today is Monday, March 10, of the year 2014
message "%SystemDate%, 'The current date is' ddd, MMM d, yyyy"
Output: The current date is Mon, Mar 10, 2014