E-BASIC: Using Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in E-Prime [18157]

This article applies to:

E-Prime 3.0

E-Prime 2.0

This item was introduced in E-Prime 2.0 (2.0.1.93).

Detail

This feature allows for accessing the current system time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format via the following global script functions:

The functions return their values as a Date unless suffixed by '$', in which case, they return their values as a String.

' Example uses of the UTC functions for copy and paste into your script
Display.MsgBox NowUtc

Dim theNow As Date
theNow = NowUtc

Debug.Print theNow

NOTE: E-Prime 2.0 can use MsgBox NowUtc instead of Display.MsgBox (see E-BASIC: Display.MsgBox usage in E-Prime 3.0 [23633]).

For more information view the E-Prime Command Reference for specifics involving E-Basic (https://pstnet.com/ecr).