DATE and TIME Functions
DATE$ and TIME$ are the date and time
functions. These functions are used both as statements and functions. When
DATE$ and TIME$ are used as a function, they are used to return current system
date and time whereas when they are used as statement they are used to set the
system date and time.
DATE$
and TIME$ as Function
DATE$ and TIME$ functions returns the
current system date and time of computer respectively. The format of date in
the system is mm-dd-yyyy and the format of time is hh:mm:ss in 24 hour time
format.
Syntax:
DATE$
TIME$
Example
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REM
Example of DATE and TIME function CLS PRINT
"The date is="; DATE$ PRINT
"The time is="; TIME$ END |
Output  |
The date and time are typically more useful when the individual values (month, year, minute) are placed into individual numerical variables. The date and time are in string format, so they must be converted to numerical variables. The following program demonstrates how to do this by using the VAL(), LEFT$(), RIGHT$, and MID$() functions.
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CLS PRINT
"Date zone" d$
= DATE$ month = VAL(MID$(LEFT$(d$, 2)))
date
= VAL(MID$(d$, 4, 2)) year
= VAL(RIGHT$(d$, 4)) PRINT
d$ PRINT
date PRINT
year PRINT
: PRINT PRINT
"Time zone" t$
= TIME$ hour = VAL(MID$(LEFT$(t$, 2)))
minute
= VAL(MID$(t$, 4, 2)) second
= VAL(RIGHT$(t$, 2)) PRINT
t$ PRINT
minute PRINT
second END |
Output |
DATE$
and TIME$ as Statement:
When DATE$ and TIME$ are used as statements they are used to set
the computer’s date and time. The format of date is mm:dd:yyyy and time is
hh:mm:ss in 24 hour clock format.
Syntax:
DATE$ = “string expression”
TIME$ = “ string expression”
Example:
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REM
Example of DATE and TIME statement CLS DATE$
= "8-11-2012" TIME$
= "14:20" PRINT
DATE$ PRINT
TIME$ END |
Output  |
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