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==Preprocessor built-ins==

These are the built-ins for IBM's ''PL/I for MVS and VM'' compiler.<ref name=PLI1.1>{{cite book|last=IBM Corporation|title=IBM PL/I for MVS & VM Language Reference|year=1995}}</ref>{{rp|pp.404–406}} There can be considerable difference betweenin the built-ins provided among preprocessors of various PL/I compiler in the built-ins providedcompilers.

* {{code|COMPILETIME}} &mdash; returns the date and time of compilation as a character string such as "15 SEP 12 15:30:00" for September 15, 2012 3:30PM (local time).

* {{code|COUNTER}} &mdash; returns a character string containing a number that is "00001" for the first call to {{code|COUNTER}} and increases by one for each subsequent call.