The current date in string form YYYYMMDD. If the Real-Time Clock
is not installed, an empty string is returned.
Example
This is an example of how to use the DATE$ command:
10 PRINT DATE$
RUN
The result, assuming the date is January 1, 2003
is:
20030101
Example
This is another example of the DATE$ command used with the sub-string
operator to get the day of the month:
10 LET A$=DATE$(7:8)
20 IF A$ <> DATE$(7:8)
30 LET A$=DATE$(7:8)
40 IF A$="01"
50 PRINT "IT IS THE FIRST OF THE MONTH"
60 END IF
70 END IF
80 SLEEP 100
90 GOTO 20
