util.Datetime.getCurrentAsUTC
Returns the current date/time in UTC.
Syntax
util.Datetime.getCurrentAsUTC( )
RETURNS DATETIME YEAR TO FRACTION(5)
Usage
The util.Datetime.getCurrentAsUTC()
method returns the current
system date/time in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
This method is provided to solve the daylight saving time transition issue of the
util.Datetime.toUTC()
method.
Note:
The precision of the value returned by this method is a DATETIME YEAR TO
FRACTION(5)
. Note that this precision is different from the default
CURRENT
precision when no qualifiers are specified.
Example
IMPORT util
MAIN
DEFINE utc DATETIME YEAR TO FRACTION(5)
LET utc = util.Datetime.getCurrentAsUTC( )
DISPLAY "Current UTC: ", utc
END MAIN