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usage: DATE([option] [,date] [,format])

-returns the current date in the specified format
-options (may be shortened to first character):
Basedate: -number of days since January 1,0001
Century: -number of days since January 1 of the century
Days: -number of days since January 1 of the current year
European: -date in form DD/MM/YY
Internal: -internal system days
Julian: -the date as YYDDD
Month: -current month (mixed case)
Normal: -date as DD MMM YYYY
Ordered: -date as YY/MM/DD
Sorted: -date as YYYYMMDD
USA: -date as MM/DD/YY
Weekday: -day of the week (mixed case)

-the second argument is an integer specifying either system days (default) or a sorted date (YYYYMMDD)
-the third argument specifies the form of the date and can be either "I" or "S"