SAP TIME SYSTEM FIELDS documentation, setup help and example usage

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System Fields for Date and Time
The following table shows the system fields
that contain information about date and time.
System Field Type Length Content GET TIME
sy-datlo d- User date X
sy-datum d- System date
X
sy-dayst c1Flag for summer time in the system time zone . During summer time, "X", otherwise " ". -
sy-fdayw b-Factory calendar weekday in the system time zone . "1" for Monday, ..., "5" for Friday. -
sy-timlo t- User time X
sy-tzone i-Time difference between the system time and
UTC reference time in seconds, ignoring summer time. -
sy-uzeit t- System Time X

sy-zonlo c6 User time zone
-
The values of all system fields in this table are implicitly set when the program is started, every time a screen layout of a screen is sent, and when the internal mode is set. The last column of the table shows which of the system fields can be updated explicitly using the statement GET TIME .
The content of sy-zonlo is the user time zone described under System Time Zone and User Time Zone . The local values of sy-datlo and sy-timlo that make reference to the user time zone are determined from the system time and the system date .