Tandy 1000 Basic Reference Manual page 136

Chapter 10
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BASIC Ke-ywords
DATE$
Function
DATE$[
=
string]
Sets the date or retrieves the current date.
String is a literal, enclosed in quotation marks, that sets the
current date by assigning a value to DATE$. If you omit string,
BASIC retrieves the current date.
Setting the Date
BASIC uses the same dates as MS-DOS, January 1, 1980 t o De-
cember 31, 2099. You may use either a slash or a hyphen t o sep-
arate the month, day, and year. You may use any of the following
forms to set the current date:
mmlddlyy mmlddlyyyy
mm-dd-yy mm -dd-YYYY
The
month (mm) may be any number 01-12.
The day
(dd)
may be any number 01-31.
The year
(yy
or
yyyy)
may be 01-99 or 1980-2099.
You may omit leading zeroes for the month and day. If you only
supply 2 digits for the year, BASIC precedes these digits with
19.
Retrieving the Date
Regardless of the form you use t o set the date, BASIC retrieves
the date in the following form:
mm-dd-y y y y
The month and day are always returned as 2 digits, BASIC in-
serts zeroes as necessary.
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