Unexpected error with %DATETIME and %DATE when called with empty parentheses argument list

Article Number: 2519

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OS: Windows, Unix, OpenVMS

Product: Synergy DBL

Both of the functions %DATETIME and %DATE take one optional argument.

Calling either %DATETME and %DATE with an empty argument list ( i.e., empty parentheses () ) will cause the runtime error "Argument missing." However, no error will occur if the functions are called with no parentheses at all or if compiling with the -T (trim trailing null arguments) option. This issue has not been reported with other built-in functions nor user-created routines with an optional argument.

Tracker #39955 was created to document and investigate why this behavior occurs.

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