<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!--*********************************************************************** * * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. * * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite * * $RCSfile: 03030203.xhp,v $ * $Revision: 1.5 $ * * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. * * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. * ************************************************************************--> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textsbasicshared03030203xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Now Function [Runtime]</title> <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03030203.xhp</filename> </topic> <history> <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> <lastedited date="2004-08-24T13:44:47">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> </history> </meta> <body> <section id="now"> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149416"><bookmark_value>Now function</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149416" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03030203.xhp" name="Now Function [Runtime]">Now Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149670" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns the current system date and time as a <emph>Date</emph> value.</paragraph> </section> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149456" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149655" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Now</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154366" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Date</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147229" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Example:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145172" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Sub ExampleNow</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150870" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">msgbox "It is now " & Now</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145787" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">End sub</paragraph> </body> </helpdocument>