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.TH FDATE 3F "13 June 1983"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
fdate \- return date and time in an ASCII string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B subroutine fdate (string)
.br
.B character*(*) string
.sp 1
.B character*(*) function fdate()
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Fdate
returns the current date and time as a 24 character string
in the format described under
.IR ctime (3).
Neither 'newline' nor NULL will be included.
.PP
.I 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:
.nf

	character*24   fdate
	external       fdate

	write(*,*) fdate()

.fi
.SH FILES
.ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a
.el /usr/lib/libU77.a
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ctime(3), time(3F), itime(3F), idate(3F), ltime(3F)
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3b9e8f30 C	1	.TH FDATE 3F "13 June 1983"
	2	.UC 4
	3	.SH NAME
	4	fdate \- return date and time in an ASCII string
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B subroutine fdate (string)
	7	.br
	8	.B character() string
	9	.sp 1
	10	.B character() function fdate()
	11	.SH DESCRIPTION
	12	.I Fdate
	13	returns the current date and time as a 24 character string
	14	in the format described under
	15	.IR ctime (3).
	16	Neither 'newline' nor NULL will be included.
	17	.PP
	18	.I Fdate
	19	can be called either as a function or as a subroutine.
	20	If called as a function, the calling routine must define
	21	its type and length. For example:
	22	.nf
	23
	24	character*24 fdate
	25	external fdate
	26
	27	write(,) fdate()
	28
	29	.fi
	30	.SH FILES
	31	.ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a
	32	.el /usr/lib/libU77.a
	33	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	34	ctime(3), time(3F), itime(3F), idate(3F), ltime(3F)