today

 

 

Description

The today function returns the Julian date value for the current computer system date. The Julian date values is automatically rounded to the last whole day.

When to use

The today function provides the current date using the computer's clock. There are no arguments to this function.

 

Syntax

(today)



Name Description AIS Types
noneNo argumentsInteger


Returns:

The current Julian date based on the computer's system date.

 

Examples

Here are a number of links to Lambda coding examples which contain this instruction in various use cases.

Example_Date_today_001

The now function returns the current system date as a Julian Date value.

 

Argument Types

Here are the links to the data types of the function arguments.

Date

Here are also a number of links to functions having arguments with any of these data types.

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