!!!SYSDATE

!Intent:
This Oracle function will return the current date and time.  It is usually used in conjunction with another function

!Parameters:
NONE

!Returns:
Date/Time

!Errors:
None

!Operations:	
Note that SYSDATE returns a complete Oracle date and Time stamp in the format specified in your registry setting for NLS_DATE_FORMAT (usually DD-Mon-YYYY).  If you do not want to consider the time portion, you should use the [TRUNC]() function.  You will likely want to use data conversion functions to get the masking that you are looking for – see below. For conversion functions and masks
	
Example:

{{{
	SYSDATE
}}}


----
![Notes|Edit:Internal.SYSDATE] 	
[{InsertPage page='Internal.SYSDATE' default='Click to create a new notes page'}]