.. highlightlang:: us

.. _date:

date
====

.. index:: date

.. us.tag  date NOTREADYENGLISH DATETIME

:ref:`date` returns the current date as a string.

.. function::  ssDate = date()

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ssDate* is a scalar string.

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   * date()
   09.11.1994.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-date-and-time`,
   :ref:`time`,
   :ref:`GetLocalTime`,
   :ref:`config`

:sub:`id-1373334`