AIPS HELP file for GETDATE in 31DEC25

As of Wed Mar 26 17:41:40 2025

INPUTS

FORMAT          0.0          3.0   0-4 choose format of THEDATE
         @   Output only adverb
THEDATE  @                         Date/time string

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GETDATE
Type:  verb
Use:   To convert the current date and time into a string
Input adverb:
  FORMAT.....= 3  => YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
             = 2  => YYYYMMDD.HHMMSS
             = 1  => YYYYMONDD.HHMMSS
             else => YYYY-MON-DD HH:MM:SS
             where MON is DEC, NOV, OCT, etc
Output adverb:
  THEDATE....The current date and time in a format as given above.

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