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(g77-295.info)Date Intrinsic

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Date Intrinsic
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     CALL Date(DATE)

DATE: `CHARACTER'; scalar; INTENT(OUT).

Intrinsic groups: `vxt'.

Description:

   Returns DATE in the form `DD-MMM-YY', representing the numeric day
of the month DD, a three-character abbreviation of the month name MMM
and the last two digits of the year YY, e.g. `25-Nov-96'.

   This intrinsic is not recommended, due to the year 2000 approaching.
Therefore, programs making use of this intrinsic might not be Year 2000
(Y2K) compliant.  Note: CTime Intrinsic (subroutine), for information
on obtaining more digits for the current (or any) date.