INFORMIX-ESQL/C Programmer's Manual ESQL/C Function Library

The rtoday() function returns the system date as a long integer value.

void rtoday(today)

	int4 *today;

 



today  

is a pointer to an int4 value that receives the internal DATE. 

The rtoday() function obtains the system date on the client computer, not the server computer.

The demo directory contains this sample program in the rtoday.ec file.

/*
* rtoday.ec *

The following program obtains today's date from the system,
converts it to ASCII using rdatestr(), and displays the result.
*/

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
mint errnum;
char today_date[20];
itn4 i_date;

printf("RTODAY Sample ESQL Program running.\n\n");

/* Get today's date in the internal format */
rtoday(&i_date);

/* Convert date from internal format into a mm/dd/yyyy string */
if ((errnum = rdatestr(i_date, today_date)) == 0)
printf("\n\tToday's date is %s.\n", today_date);
else
printf("\n\tError %d in coverting date to mm/dd/yyyy\n", errnum);

printf("\nRTODAY Sample Program over.\n\n");
}

RTODAY Sample ESQL Program running.



	Today's date is 09/16/1996.



RTODAY Sample Program over.