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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
| 4 | .\" | |
| 2e3094cb | 5 | .\" @(#)fdate.3 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
| fb83c14e | 6 | .\" |
| 2e3094cb | 7 | .TH FDATE 3F "" |
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8 | .UC 5 |
| 9 | .SH NAME | |
| 10 | fdate \- return date and time in an ASCII string | |
| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 12 | .B subroutine fdate (string) | |
| 13 | .br | |
| 14 | .B character*(*) string | |
| 15 | .sp 1 | |
| 16 | .B character*(*) function fdate() | |
| 17 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 18 | .I Fdate | |
| 19 | returns the current date and time as a 24 character string | |
| 20 | in the format described under | |
| 21 | .IR ctime (3). | |
| 22 | Neither 'newline' nor NULL will be included. | |
| 23 | .PP | |
| 24 | .I Fdate | |
| 25 | can be called either as a function or as a subroutine. | |
| 26 | If called as a function, the calling routine must define | |
| 27 | its type and length. For example: | |
| 28 | .nf | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | character*24 fdate | |
| 31 | external fdate | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | write(*,*) fdate() | |
| 34 | ||
| 35 | .fi | |
| 36 | .SH FILES | |
| 37 | .ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a | |
| 38 | .el /usr/lib/libU77.a | |
| 39 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 40 | ctime(3), time(3F), itime(3F), idate(3F), ltime(3F) |