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This documentation provides HCL Link reference information.
Functions and Expressions
Use HCL Link functions and expressions to create component rules and map rules.
Date/time functions
You can use this function to perform various operations on date and time.
CURRENTDATETIME
The CURRENTDATETIME returns the current system date and time.

Reference
This documentation provides HCL Link reference information.
- Functions and Expressions
  Use HCL Link functions and expressions to create component rules and map rules.
  - Expressions and evaluations
    The documentation provided here describes HCL Link functions and expressions. Functions and expressions are used to create component rules and map rules.
  - Using functions
    A function is an expression that generates an output by performing a certain operation on one or more inputs.
  - Syntax of a function
    The following is an example of a function:
  - Function argument syntax
    Arguments typically have some restrictions on the expression used for that argument.
  - Character-set encoding functions
    Functions that use the HCL Link EXIT architecture convert data to the native character set of the platform as part of the function call.
  - General functions
    There are several general functions you can call from map rule to process input.
  - Bidirectional functions
    Bidirectional languages such as Arabic and Hebrew are languages in which the text is presented to the user ordered from right to left, but numbers and Latin alphabetic strings within the text are presented left to right.
  - Bit manipulation and testing functions
    You can use this function to manipulate and to test a bit in a binary number.
  - Cache functions
    Use cache functions to specify a value for each of the cache variables defined for a flow, and additionally, to alter an already specified value for a cache variable.
  - Conversion functions
    You can use this function to convert an expression from one datatype to another datatype.
  - Date/time functions
    You can use this function to perform various operations on date and time.
    - ADDDAYS
      The ADDDAYS function adds a specified number of days to a given date.
    - ADDHOURS
      The ADDHOURS function returns a time value that is the result of adding a specified number of hours to a given time.
    - ADDMINUTES
      The ADDMINUTES function returns a time value that is the result of adding a specified number of minutes to a given time.
    - ADJUSTTIMEZONE
      The ADJUSTTIMEZONE converts the input date/time/zone to the target time zone.
    - CURRENTDATE
      You can use CURRENTDATE when you need the current date as a transaction processing date, an order received date, or other date that reflects when the data was mapped.
    - CURRENTDATETIME
      The CURRENTDATETIME returns the current system date and time.
    - CURRENTDATETIMEZONE
      The CURRENTDATETIMEZONE returns the current time in the specified time zone; if a format string is provided, the resulting time is formatted as specified.
    - CURRENTTIME
      The CURRENTTIME function returns the current system time.
    - DATETONUMBER
      Use DATETONUMBER to perform arithmetic on dates.
    - DATETOTEXT
      The DATETOTEXT function converts a date object or expression to a text item.
    - FROMDATETIME
      The FROMDATETIME function converts a date/time item to a text string of a specified format.
    - MAX
      The MAX function returns the maximum value from a series of number, date, time, or text values.
    - MIN
      Use MIN when you need the minimum value from a series of number, date, time, or text values.
    - NUMBERTODATE
      You can use the NUMBERTODATE function to perform a calculation on a date.
    - TEXTTODATE
      The TEXTTODATE function converts text item from CCYYMMDD or YYMMDD format to a date.
    - TEXTTOTIME
      Use TEXTTOTIME when you want to convert an object defined as text that is in HHMM or HHMMSS presentation, to an item defined as time.
    - TIMETOTEXT
      You can use the TIMETOTEXT function to perform text concatenation.
    - TODATETIME
      The TODATETIME function converts a text string of a specified format to a date-time item.
  - Error handling functions
    You can use this function in evaluating the type of error during map execution.
  - External interface functions
    You can use this function to retrieve data from a database from within in a map rule.
  - Flow functions
    Use Flow functions to specify a value for each of the flow variables defined for a flow, and additionally, to alter an already specified value for a flow variable.
  - Inspection functions
    You can use this function to test and inspect the object.
  - Logical functions
    Logical functions provide a way to use logical conditions to display one of several values.
  - Lookup and reference functions
    These function search operates by scanning the appropriate set of items in sequence, attempting to match the logical condition.
  - Math and statistics functions
    Precede all MATHLIB functions with mathlib->
  - Text functions
    These functions are used to convert the text item in a map rule.
  - XML functions
    There are several XML functions that you can call from component rules and map rules to process input XML data.
  - Custom functions
    From the Type Designer or Map Designer, you can create custom functions to call external libraries.
  - Date and time format strings
    You can use the listed format strings for numbers, dates and times in functions such as the CURRENTDATETIME, FROMNUMBER, TONUMBER, FROMDATETIME, and TODATETIME.
  - Number format strings
    You can create custom number formats by using the given format strings.
  - RUN function return codes
    The RUN function return codes and messages might result when using the RUN function.
  - Character set codes for CPACKAGE, CSERIESTOTEXT, and CTEXT
    The second argument of the CPACKAGE, CSERIESTOTEXT, and CTEXT functions specifies the character set of the output of the function. The value of the second argument (the character set of the object content), must be a valid character set code.

CURRENTDATETIME

The CURRENTDATETIME returns the current system date and time.

You can use this function when you need to map the current system date and time to an item that includes both a date and time portion.

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Syntax:: CURRENTDATETIME ( [ single-text-expression ] )
Meaning:: CURRENTDATETIME ( [ date_time_format_string ] )
Returns:: A single date-time

CURRENTDATETIME has no arguments but it does require parentheses.

The CURRENTDATETIME function returns the system date and time in the format specified by date_time_format_string or with a CCYYMMDDHHMMSS presentation if no date_time_format_string is provided.

The date_time_format_string must conform to the date/time format strings as described in "Format strings".

Note: The output format for the native schema XML date/time field is always:

{CCYY-MM-DD}T{HH24:MM:SS.3-3+/-ZZ:ZZ}

To specify a different output format, use Xerces XML instead.

Examples

StartDateTime = CURRENTDATETIME ( )
In this example, StartDateTime is assigned the value of the current date and time. Because CURRENTDATETIME is assigned to an output, it is automatically converted to the presentation of StartDateTime.

If CURRENTDATETIME evaluates to 3:04pm on 6/24/1999 and StartDateTime has a YYMMDDHH12MM presentation, the result is 9906240304.
CURRENTDATETIME ( "{MM.DD.CCYY HH24:MM}" )
In this example, the current date is returned in MM.DD.CCYY HH24:MM format. If it is currently 4:12 pm on January 5, 1999, the date returned would be 01.05.1999 16:12.

Related Functions

CURRENTDATE
CURRENTTIME
FROMDATETIME
DATETOTEXT