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CURRENT_DATE

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4D v16

4D SQL Reference

Functions

CURRENT_DATE



	Command CURRENT_DATECURRENT_DATE ( )

Description

The CURRENT_DATE function returns the current date in local time.

Example

This example creates a table of invoices and inserts the current date into the INV_DATE column:

 ARRAY TEXT(aDate;0)

 Begin SQL

    CREATE TABLE INVOICES

    (INV_DATE VARCHAR(40));

 

    INSERT INTO INVOICES

    (INV_DATE)

    VALUES (CURRENT_DATE());

 

    SELECT *

    FROM INVOICES

    INTO :aDate;

 End SQL

  `the aDate array will return the INSERT command execution date and time.