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3.9 Calendar and timer commands
DATE$
Purpose： To set or to get the current date.
Syntax： DATE$ = X$
Y$ = DATE$
Example： PRINT “NOW:”+DATE$
DATE$=”20090115”
PRINT “SET:”+DATE$
Description： X$ is a string variable in the form of “yyyymmdd”.
DATE$ = X$, to set the current date.
Y$ is a string variable to be assigned to the result.
Y$ = DATE$,to get the current date, in the form “yyyymmdd”
DAY_OF_WEEK
Purpose： To get the day of the week.
Syntax： A% = DAY_OF_WEEK
Example： PRINT DAY_OF_WEEK
Description： A% is an integer variable to be assigned to the result. A value of
1 to 7 represents Monday to Sunday respectively.
TIME$
Purpose： To set or to get the current time.
Syntax： TIME$ = X$
Y$ = TIME$
Example： PRINT TIME$
TIME $="180831"
PRINT TIME$
Description： X$ is a string variable in the form of “hhmmss”.
TIME$ = X$, to set the current time.
Y$ is a string variable to be assigned to the result.
Y$ = TIME$, to get the current time, in the form of “hhmmss”.
TIMER
Purpose： To return the number of seconds elapsed since the terminal is
powered on.
Syntax： A% = TIMER
Example： PRINT TIMER
Description： A% is an integer variable to be assigned to the result.