The dtcurrent() function

The following statements set the host variable timewarp to the current date:

EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
    datetime year to day timewarp;
EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;

dtcurrent(&timewarp);

The following statements set the variable now to the current time, to the nearest millisecond:

now.dt_qual = TU_DTENCODE(TU_HOUR,TU_F3);
dtcurrent(&now);

The demo directory contains this sample program in the dtcurrent.ec file.

/*
   * dtcurrent.ec *

   The following program obtains the current date from the system, converts 
   it to ASCII and prints it.
*/

#include <stdio.h>

EXEC SQL include datetime;

main()
{
    mint x;
    char out_str[20];

    EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION;
      datetime year to hour dt1;
    EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION;

    printf("DTCURRENT Sample ESQL Program running.\n\n");

    /* Get today's date */
    dtcurrent(&dt1);

    /* Convert to ASCII for displaying */
    dttoasc(&dt1, out_str);
    printf("\tToday's datetime (year to minute) value is %s\n", out_str);

    printf("\nDTCURRENT Sample Program over.\n\n");
}