Now
Gets the current system time as a Date Serial
Syntax
`
Declare Function Now ( ) As Double
`
Usage
`
#include "vbcompat.bi"
result = Now
`
Return Value
Returns a date serial containing the system's date and time at execution time.
Description
As the time is the decimal part of a date serial, if the value of Now is saved to an integer, the time in it will be reset to 00:00:00
The compiler will not recognize this function unless `vbcompat.bi` is included.
Example
`
#include "vbcompat.bi"
Dim a As Double = Now()
Print Format(a, "yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss")
`
Differences from QB

- Did not exist in QB. This function appeared in PDS and VBDOS

See also

- Date Serials