Synopsis:

        sys_date({long_format_flag})

Arguments:

        long_format_flag         -  if this optional argument is set to a non zero value then date will be returned in long format (YYYYMMDD)

Description:   This function returns the current system date in the form YYMMDD unless the optional long_format_flag is set to a non-zero value in which case it will return the date in YYYYMMDD format.

Return Value:

Returns the current date.