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# GetDate

Get the current date

## Declaration

Source position: dosh.inc line 90

`procedure GetDate(`
`var year: Word;`
`var month: Word;`
`var mday: Word;`
`var wday: Word`
`);`

## Description

GetDate returns the system's date. Year is a number in the range 1980..2099.mday is the day of the month, wday is the day of the week, starting with Sunday as day 0.

## Errors

None.

## See also

GetTime |  | Return the current time
SetDate |  | Set system date

## Example

    Program Example2;
    uses Dos;

    { Program to demonstrate the GetDate function. }

    const
      DayStr:array[0..6] of string[3]=('Sun','Mon','Tue','Wed','Thu','Fri','Sat');
      MonthStr:array[1..12] of string[3]=('Jan','Feb','Mar','Apr','May','Jun',
                                          'Jul','Aug','Sep','Oct','Nov','Dec');
    var
      Year,Month,Day,WDay : word;
    begin
      GetDate(Year,Month,Day,WDay);
      WriteLn('Current date');
      WriteLn(DayStr[WDay],', ',Day,' ',MonthStr[Month],' ',Year,'.');
    end.

Documentation generated on: May 14 2021