1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 3d33d0967SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4cdf0e10cSrcweir * 5d33d0967SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6d33d0967SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7d33d0967SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 8d33d0967SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9d33d0967SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10d33d0967SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11d33d0967SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12cdf0e10cSrcweir * 13d33d0967SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14cdf0e10cSrcweir * 15d33d0967SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 16d33d0967SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 17d33d0967SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 18d33d0967SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 19d33d0967SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20d33d0967SAndrew Rist * under the License. 21cdf0e10cSrcweir * 22d33d0967SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 23d33d0967SAndrew Rist 24cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsbasicshared03030203xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Now Function [Runtime]</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03030203.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="now"> 33e91968a5Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149416"> 34e91968a5Smseidel<bookmark_value>Now function</bookmark_value> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 36*52f9ed07Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149416" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03030203.xhp" name="Now Function [Runtime]">Now Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph> 37*52f9ed07Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149670" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Returns the current system date and time as a <emph>Date</emph> value.</paragraph> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 39*52f9ed07Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149456" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph> 40*52f9ed07Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149655" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Now</paragraph> 41*52f9ed07Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154366" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Return value:</paragraph> 42*52f9ed07Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Date</paragraph> 43*52f9ed07Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147229" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph> 44*52f9ed07Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145172" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Sub ExampleNow</paragraph> 45*52f9ed07Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150870" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">msgbox "It is now " & Now</paragraph> 46*52f9ed07Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145787" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">End sub</paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 49