AIPS HELP file for THEDATE in 31DEC26

As of Sun Jun 7 23:31:43 2026

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THEDATE
Type: Adverb  (String*24)
Use:  The date and time in string format.
Null value:  ' '
Verbs:
   GETDATE.......Gets the date and time in a string form determined
                 by the FORMAT adverb
                    YYYY-MON-DD HH:MM:SS
                    YYYYMONDD.HHMMSS
                    YYYYMMDD.HHMMSS
                    YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
                 where MON is JAN, FEB, MAR, etc.

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