%   Use of F$FAO DCL Lexical Function?    The Question is:    L I have tried on both OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-1 and V7.3-2 the following DCL F$FAO
  command :   , WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$FAO("Actual time is !%D")   ( but I am getting some strange response :   & Actual time is 11-JAN-**** 06:00:06.93   ( Why the "!%D" directive is not working ?   M I found this strange behaviour when using an error-message file ".MSG" within O  one alarm task where LIB$SIGNAL(%val(ERRNUMBER)) call was used to output alarm B  text from the ".MSG" file where the "!%D" FAO directive was used.    Thanks for any suggestions.         The Answer is :   $   If you seek the current time, use:   5     $ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT F$FAO("Actual time is !%D", 0)    0  Answer written or last revised on  25-MAY-2004 