Manuals/calci/TODAY

TODAY()

• • TODAY(), returns the serial number of todays date.

Description

TODAY() displays the serial number of current date.

• Dates are stored in the form of sequential numbers so that they can be used in calculations. e.g. January 1, 1900 is stored as serial number 1 and so on.
• Output value represents the serial number of current date.
• This function does not have any arguments.
• NOW() function can be used to display the serial numbers of current date and time.

Examples

1) The output for TODAY() in ZOS is returned as below -

Function	Output
TODAY()	41722
DAY(TODAY())	25
MONTH(TODAY())	3
YEAR(TODAY())	2014

2) The output for TODAY() in Calci is returned as below -

=TODAY() : Displays Tue Mar 25 2014 01:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

See Also

• NOW
• DATE
• TIME

References

• Date Formats

• List of Main Z Functions

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