Tandy 1000 Basic Reference Manual page 137

Chapter
10 I BASIC Ke.ywords
Examples
D A T E S
=
" 9 / 6 / 8 4 "
D A T E $
=
" 9 / 6 / 1 9 8 4 "
D A T E S
=
" 9 - 6 - 8 4 "
D A T E S
=
" 9 - 6 - 1 9 8 4 "
All
the above set the current date as 09-06-1984.
P R I N T D A T E S
prints the current system date.
CURDATES
=
D A T E S
a s s i g n s t h e v a l u e of t h e c u r r e n t d a t e t o t h e v a r i a b l e
CURDATE$.
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