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GET TIME STAMP  Syntax Diagram

Short Reference

Syntax

GET TIME STAMP FIELD time_stamp.

Effect

This statement creates a POSIX UTC time stamp from the system time and system date in AS ABAP and assigns it to the variable time_stamp.

The following can be specified for time_stamp:

Note

The precision of the decimal places of the long form depends on the hardware (processor) of the application server. The maximum resolution of 100 ns is not always reached. On some platforms, only a resolution of milliseconds can be reached.

Example

Creates two time stamps. An existing variable of the type TIMESTAMPL must be used for the long form. An inline declaration can be used for the short form. The time stamps must be given a special format for the output, since otherwise only numbers of type p would be displayed.

DATA tsl TYPE timestampl.

GET TIME STAMP FIELD DATA(ts).
GET TIME STAMP FIELD tsl.

cl_demo_output=>new(
  )->write( |{ ts  TIMESTAMP = ISO
                   TIMEZONE = 'UTC' }|
  )->write( |{ tsl TIMESTAMP = ISO
                   TIMEZONE = 'UTC' }|
  )->display( ).

Exceptions

Non-Catchable Exceptions