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@(#)fdate.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/05/93

C 5 fdate - return date and time in an ASCII string subroutine fdate (string)

character*(*) string character*(*) function fdate()

Fdate returns the current date and time as a 24 character string in the format described under ctime (3). Neither `newline' nor NULL will be included.

Fdate can be called either as a function or as a subroutine. If called as a function, the calling routine must define its type and length. For example:

 character*24 fdate
 external fdate

 write(*,*) fdate()

ctime(3), time(3F), itime(3F), idate(3F), ltime(3F)