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# Date

The **Date** function returns the current local system date as a **TDateTime** data type.

The value does not include time, which is set to 00:00:00.

Declaration: Function Date : TDateTime;

A example showing the function used along with **FormatDateTime**.

```pascal
procedure ScriptEvent (var Value : variant);
 var myvariable : TDateTime;
begin
 //Date function returns the current date without time
  myvariable := Date;
  LogInfo('The date is ' +FormatDateTime('dd/mm/yyyy', myvariable));
end;
```

For additional information, please see [DateTime (TDateTime)](/statelake/scripting-reference/data-types/datetime-tdatetime).

This **Date** function performs the same function as **Today**, and also performs a similar function as **DateOf**.