Now

Gets the current system time as a Date Serial 

Syntax
   Declare Function Now ( ) As Double

Usage
   #include "vbcompat.bi"
   result = Now

Return Value
   Returns a date serial containing the system's date and time at execution 
   time.

Description
   As the time is the decimal part of a date serial, if the value of Now is 
   saved to an integer, the time in it will be reset to 00:00:00

   The compiler will not recognize this function unless vbcompat.bi is 
   included.

Example
   #include "vbcompat.bi"

   Dim a As Double = Now()

   Print Format(a, "yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss") 

Differences from QB
   * Did not exist in QB. This function appeared in PDS and VBDOS

See also
   * Date Serials

