This command loads an integer variable with the number of days since the system base date, or a character variable with the system date.
For character variables, the system date will be loaded in the system default format (for example, "DD-MMM-CCYY"); the date will be truncated as required to fit into the target variable.
LOAD DATE INTO variable
The name of a character or integer variable into which the date is loaded.
LOAD DATE INTO INT-DATE LOAD DATE INTO CHAR-DATE