udate

This reserved word returns the current job or session date as an 8 digit number in MMDDYYYY format.

Example

pjs.define("myDate", { type: 'packed decimal', length: 8, decimals: 0 })
 
myDate = udate;
 
// If the session started on May 8th, 2018, myDate will hold the value 5082018

RPG Equivalent

UDATE