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HP COBOL II/XL Quick Reference Guide

CURRENT-DATE 

The CURRENT-DATE function returns the calendar date, time of day, and the
difference between the local time and Universal Coordinated Time (UTC),
or Greenwich Mean Time.  To get the correct time differential, you need
to set the environment variable TZ to your local time zone.  The function
type is alphanumeric.

Syntax 

     FUNCTION CURRENT-DATE 

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