Dates in the edit field
DATE
without parameters gives the date and time in the form
DATE / Wednesday January 24 1996 22:48:22 Week=04 Day=024
on the current (DATE) line.
DATE <date>
gives the specified date in the same form. The <date> must be given
in the format DD.MM.YYYY or DD.MM.YY.
DATE <date-fragment>
gives the date, filling in the missing parts from the present date.
DATE <+/->
gives the date incremented/decreased by the given number of days.
The above forms may be combined, for example
DATE 1.1.2000-1 / Friday December 31 1999 12:37:24 Week=52 Day=365
Dates in the edit field (continued)
DATE <date2> - <date1>
displays the difference of two given dates in the form
DATE 29.02.2000 - 1.12.1999 / Difference=90
DATE <date>,Julian
gives the Julian day number of the given date in the form
DATE 16.11.1858,Julian / Tue Nov 16 1858 Julian_day=2400000
If the given parameter is not recognized as a date or a date fragment,
it will be taken as a name of a Survo data set. (See the options for
data sets.)
D = More information on DATE operation
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