GET TIME
Short Reference
ABAP_BASIC_OBS GET TIME [FIELD tim].
ABAP_ADDITION:
... FIELD tim
What does it do? Without the addition FIELD , the
system fields for date and time ,
sy-datlo , sy-datum , sy-timlo , and sy-uzeit , are
set to the current value. The content of the system fields
sy-dayst
, sy-fdayw , sy-tzone , and sy-zonlo is not
updated.
Latest notes: Except for GET TIME , the system fields are updated
after starting a program, after sending a screen
, and after changing the internal
mode .
ABAP_ADDITION ... FIELD tim
What does it do? The addition FIELD is used to pass the current
system time in the format "hhmmss"
to the variable tim instead of sy-uzeit , and none of the
system fields are updated. The return value of the statement has data
type t . The following can be specified for tim :
An existing variable of the data type t or a variable to which
the type t can be converted.
An inline declaration DATA(var) , where
a variable of type t is declared.
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