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DATE (↑ Compiler Control)
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  Directive:    DATE
 
  Function:     Puts the date in the DATE-COMPILED paragraph and at
                the top of each page of the listing.
 
  Syntax:
 
     ─┬───┬─┬───────DATE──"string"─┬──────────
        └─/─┘ └┬────┬─DATE───────────┘
               └─NO─┘
 
  Parameters:   string               An alphanumeric literal.
 
  Default:      DATE
 
  Phase:        Syntax check
 
  $SET:         No
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