LUPDATE()

Yields the date the database was last updated.

Syntax

      LUPDATE() --> dModification

Arguments

(This function has no arguments)

Returns

<dModification> The date of the last modification.

Description

This function returns the date recorded by the OS when the selected or designated database was last written to disk. This function will only work for those database files in USE.

Examples

      PROCEDURE Main()
         USE tests NEW
         ? LUpdate()
         USE
         RETURN

Compliance

Clipper

Platforms

All

Files

Library is rdd

Seealso

FIELDNAME(), LASTREC(), RECSIZE()