NOW

• Source: https://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=KeyPgNow
• Last revised: 2016-02-10

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Gets the current system time as a Date Serial

Syntax

` declare function Now ( ) as double

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Usage

#include "vbcompat.bi"
result = Now

Return Value

Returns a date serial containing the system's date and time at execution time.

Description

As the time is the decimal part of a date serial, if the value of Now is saved to an integer, the time in it will be reset to 00:00:00

The compiler will not recognize this function unless vbcompat.bi is included.

Examples

start GeSHi

#include "vbcompat.bi"

Dim a As Double = Now()

Print Format(a, "yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss")

end GeSHi

Differences from QB

• Did not exist in QB. This function appeared in PDS and VBDOS

See also

• Date Serials

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