On Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:00:15 -0500, Ted Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
writes:

>In a COBOL (85) program using the ACCEPT DATE function is it pulling the
>time from the hardware clock or the software clock?

Okay, first I am assuming that you mean the "old" ACCEPT <var> FROM DATE 
or TIME, and not the "newer" Cobol 85 functions.  According to the 
Cobol II/XL Reference Manual (from July 1991!), the date, day, day 
of the week, or time is from the internal software clock, not the 
hardware clock.

Now, the Cobol 85 function CURRENT-DATE does return the hardware date 
and time.

Okay?

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