The rtoday() function

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

/*
   * rtoday.ec *

   The following program obtains today's date from the system,
   converts it to ASCII using rdatestr(), and displays the result.
*/

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
   mint errnum;
   char today_date[20];
   int4 i_date;

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

    /* Get today's date in the internal format */
   rtoday(&i_date);

    /* Convert date from internal format into a mm/dd/yyyy string */
   if ((errnum = rdatestr(i_date, today_date)) == 0)
      printf("\n\tToday's date is %s.\n", today_date);
   else
      printf("\n\tError %d in converting date to mm/dd/yyyy\n", errnum);

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