_date - UDM Built-in Variable

Owned by Stonebranch (Deactivated)
Jan 31, 2024


The _date built-in variable displays the current date in the format appropriate for the system's locale.

_date has several additional variable attributes:

  • day resolves to the day of the week.
  • month resolves to the current month.
  • dd resolves to a two-digit day of the month.
  • ddd resolves to the Julian day.
  • mm resolves to the two-digit month of the year.
  • yy prints the two-digit year.
  • ww resolves to the two-digit current week of the year.
  • yyyy resolves to the four-digit year.

Note

The value of ww is zero-based, not one based. That is, the first week of the year is 0, the second week is 1, the third week is 2, and so on.

The _date variable can be referenced only in your scripts and cannot be set.


A Stonebranch Tip

You can use the _date variable in combination with the print command to display custom date information in UDM's transaction log:

print msg="Today is $(_date.day), $(_date.month) $(_date.dd)"

Produces the following output:

Today is Wednesday, January 19