Current date as decimal number

DATE1P, &DATE1P, DATE2P, &DATE2P, DATE3P, or &DATE3P can be used to generate a decimal number for the current date of the run.

Table 1 shows the form of the decimal number constant generated for each current date operand along with an example of the actual decimal number generated when the date of the run is June 21, 2005. yyyy represents the year, mm represents the month (01-12), dd represents the day (01-31) and ddd represents the day of the year (001-366).

Table 1. Decimal Numbers for Current Date
Decimal Numbers for Current DateFormat of Operand	Format of Constant	Example of Constant
DATE1P	+yyyymmdd	+20050621
DATE2P	+yyyymm	+200506
DATE3P	+yyyyddd	+2005172

Note: You can precede each of the operands in the table with an & with identical results.