COBOL List of Top Date Functions

COBOL default date format is YYYYMMDD. Below is the list of COBOL intrinsic functions that help you get various Date related things.

COBOL List of DATE Functions

CURRENT-DATE	None	Alphanumeric	Current date and time
DATE-OF-INTEGER	1 integer	Integer	Standard date equivalent (YYYYMMDD) of integer date ⁵
DATE-TO-YYYYMMDD	1 or 2 integer	Integer	YYYYMMDD date converted from YYMMDD date
DAY-OF-INTEGER	1 integer	Integer	YYYYDDD date equivalent of integer date ⁵
DAY-TO-YYYYDDD	1 or 2 integer	Integer	YYYYDDD date converted from YYDDD date
FACTORIAL	1 integer, int	Integer	Factorial of int
INTEGER	1 numeric, num	Integer	The greatest integer not greater than num
INTEGER-OF-DATE	1 integer	Integer	Integer date ⁵ equivalent of standard date (YYYYMMDD)
INTEGER-OF-DAY	1 integer	Integer	Integer date ⁵ equivalent of date in YYYYDDD format