tf_get_date_time(), sf_get_date_time()

Purpose

Obtains the current date and time

Old name

#define _get_date tf_get_date_time

Syntax (CCOWN)

void tf_get_date_time(datetype * date, timetype * time)
void sf_get_date_time(datetype * date, timetype * time)

Syntax (DP4DBAPI)

BOOLEAN dp4_sf_get_date_time(CONN *conn,datetype * date,timetype * time);

Parameters

datetype* date

Pointer to a variable to hold the current date

timetype* time

Pointer to a variable to hold the current time

Description

The tf_get_date_time() function gets the current date and time from the operating system. It is called by all DP4 C programs at startup to set the global variables app_start_time and app_start_date.

Example

See the example on tf_set_date_time()