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# currentdate

Purpose
Return the current date as a Julian Day Number (JDN).
Synopsis
`function currentdate:integer`
Return value
The number of days elapsed since 1/1/1970 as an integer.
Further information
1. The control parameter utc indicates whether this function returns a date in local or UTC time.
2. Refer to the module mmsystem for a set of dedicated types for handling date and time.
Related topics
setparam, utc, timestamp, currenttime
Parent Topic Predefined functions and procedures

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