9.98. FDATE

9.98 FDATE — Get the current time as a string

Description:

FDATE(DATE) returns the current date (using the same format as CTIME) in DATE. It is equivalent to

CALL CTIME(DATE,
TIME())

This intrinsic is provided in both subroutine and function forms; however, only one form can be used in any given program unit.

Standard:

GNU extension

Class:

Subroutine, function

Syntax:

CALL FDATE(DATE).

DATE = FDATE().

Arguments:

DATE

The type shall be of type CHARACTER of the default kind. It is an INTENT(OUT) argument. If the length of this variable is too shor