Gets the date component of the current date.

Syntax

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datetime datetime.getdate() datetime datetime.getdate(datetime dt) datetime datetime.getdate(integer year, integer month, integer day) datetime datetime.getdate(integer year, integer month, integer day, integer hour, integer minute, integer second)

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datetime datetime.getdate()
datetime datetime.getdate(datetime dt)
datetime datetime.getdate(integer year, integer month, integer day)
datetime datetime.getdate(integer year, integer month, integer day, integer hour, integer minute, integer second)

Parameters

Name	Data Type	Description
dt	DateTime	A DateTime value.
year	Integer	The year to use.
month	Integer	The month to use.
day	Integer	The day to use.
hour	Integer	The hour to use.
minute	Integer	The minute to use.
second	Integer	The second to use.

Return Value

Data Type	Description
DateTime	A new DateTime value with the same date as the given value, and the time set to 00:00:00.

Examples

Locale Example

The content of the locale macro is localized using the culture specified on the Locale macro. The following sample show a date time formatted in different cultures. Please note that outside the macro, the default channel culture is used which in the case of the example is en-us.

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{buffer.set(date, datetime.getdate(1980, 3, 23, 9, 42, 21))} <se:pagetranslations id="cultureinfo" whitespace="simpleformat"> <se:collection> <se:member name="details"> Name: {locale.getname()}<br/> Display Name: {locale.getdisplayname()}<br/> LCID: {locale.getlcid()} <br/> </se:member> </se:collection> </se:pagetranslations> <se:locale culture="en-us"> {translation.cultureinfo.details()} {locale.formatlongdatelongtime($date)} </se:locale> <hr /> <se:locale culture="nl-nl"> {translation.cultureinfo.details()} {locale.formatlongdatelongtime($date)} </se:locale> <hr /> <se:locale culture="fr-fr"> {translation.cultureinfo.details()} {locale.formatlongdatelongtime($date)} </se:locale> <hr /> {translation.cultureinfo.details()} {locale.formatlongdatelongtime($date)}

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{buffer.set(date, datetime.getdate(1980, 3, 23, 9, 42, 21))}

<se:pagetranslations id="cultureinfo" whitespace="simpleformat">
    <se:collection>        
        <se:member name="details">
            Name: {locale.getname()}<br/>
            Display Name: {locale.getdisplayname()}<br/>
            LCID: {locale.getlcid()} <br/>
        </se:member>
    </se:collection>
</se:pagetranslations>

<se:locale culture="en-us">
{translation.cultureinfo.details()}
{locale.formatlongdatelongtime($date)}
</se:locale>
<hr />
<se:locale culture="nl-nl">
{translation.cultureinfo.details()}
{locale.formatlongdatelongtime($date)}
</se:locale>
<hr />
<se:locale culture="fr-fr">
{translation.cultureinfo.details()}
{locale.formatlongdatelongtime($date)}
</se:locale>
<hr />
{translation.cultureinfo.details()}
{locale.formatlongdatelongtime($date)}

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{buffer.set(startDate, datetime.getdate(2008,7,15, 10, 10, 23))} {buffer.set(endDate, datetime.getdate(2008, 7, 16, 17, 58, 20))} Time between {locale.formatdatetime($startDate)} and {locale.formatdatetime($endDate)}: Total Days: {datetime.daysbetween($endDate, $startDate)} Total Hours: {datetime.hoursbetween($endDate, $startDate)} Total Minutes: {datetime.minutesbetween($endDate, $startDate)} Total Seconds: {datetime.secondsbetween($endDate, $startDate)} Total Milliseconds: {datetime.millisecondsbetween($endDate, $startDate)}

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{buffer.set(startDate, datetime.getdate(2008,7,15, 10, 10, 23))}
{buffer.set(endDate, datetime.getdate(2008, 7, 16, 17, 58, 20))}

Time between {locale.formatdatetime($startDate)} and {locale.formatdatetime($endDate)}:

Total Days: {datetime.daysbetween($endDate, $startDate)}
Total Hours: {datetime.hoursbetween($endDate, $startDate)}
Total Minutes: {datetime.minutesbetween($endDate, $startDate)}
Total Seconds: {datetime.secondsbetween($endDate, $startDate)}
Total Milliseconds: {datetime.millisecondsbetween($endDate, $startDate)}

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