Library /sys$common/syshlp/basichelp.hlb DATE$  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  The DATE$ function returns a string containing a day, month, and  year  in
  the form dd-Mmm-yy.  If you specify an argument of zero, DATE$ returns the
  current date.

  Example

  PRINT DATE$(0%)

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