Current date in a variable?

[kaeserea]

Hello!

I'd like to display the current date in the HEADING of my report. How can I do this? Is it possible to have the date in a variable?

In the manual I only found the TODAY() function which only works with DEFINE or COMPUTE. But I don't want to have the date as a column in my database but in a variable. Is this possible?

Thanx
Eva

 

[GrSw]

Hello Eva,

There are the standard amper variables:
&YYMD, &YMD, &TOD, etc.
You can view all of them:

-? &

and use the appropriate in your heading. e.g:

TABLE FILE CAR
HEADING
"REPORT CREATED &YYMD"
PRINT COUNTRY
END

Regards
Grzegorz

 

[HankW]

Or if you need to use a funky-looking date format, you can always play with a DEFINE? Cheers,
Hank W.