Arguments

 

timlen

   OpenVMS usage:word_unsigned
   type:         word (unsigned)
   access:       write only
   mechanism:    by 32- or 64-bit reference
   Length (in bytes) of the ASCII string returned by $ASCTIM.
   The timlen argument is the the 32- or 64-bit address of a word
   containing this length.
 

timbuf

   OpenVMS usage:time_name
   type:         character-coded text string
   access:       write only
   mechanism:    by 32- or 64-bit descriptor-fixed-length string
                 descriptor
   Buffer into which $ASCTIM writes the ASCII string. The timbuf
   argument is the 32- or 64-bit address of a character string
   descriptor pointing to the buffer.

   The buffer length specified in the timbuf argument, together with
   the cvtflg argument, controls what information is returned.
 

timadr

   OpenVMS usage:date_time
   type:         quadword
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by 32- or 64-bit reference
   Time value that $ASCTIM is to convert. The timadr argument is
   the 32- or 64-bit address of this 64-bit time value. A positive
   time value represents an absolute time. A negative time value
   represents a delta time. If you specify a delta time, it must be
   less than 10,000 days.

   If timadr is not specified or is specified as 0 (the default),
   $ASCTIM returns the current date and time.
 

cvtflg

   OpenVMS usage:longword_unsigned
   type:         longword (unsigned)
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by value
   Conversion indicator specifying which date and time fields
   $ASCTIM should return. The cvtflg argument is a longword
   value, which is interpreted as Boolean. The value 1 specifies
   that $ASCTIM should return only the hour, minute, second, and
   hundredths-of-second fields. The default value 0 specifies that
   $ASCTIM should return the full date and time.