Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!swillett From: swillett@violet.berkeley.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal 3.0 Question (Get Date function) Message-ID: <11757@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 7 Jul 88 15:13:57 GMT References: <10770@cisunx.UUCP> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: na Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 9 DOS function 2AH (42 decimal) returns the system date. This is accessed through interrupt 21H (33 decimal) which Turbo Pascal gives you access to. Set up the registers with 2AH in the AH register and execute interrupt 21H. You will get back: Register Contents AL Day of the week (0=SUN, 6=SAT) CX Year (1980-2099) DH Month (1-12) DL Day (1-31)