The SAP application server can be located in a time zone which
differs from the local frontend time zone.
Solution
GuiXT
// get time from SAP server
Call "GET_SYSTEM_TIME_REMOTE" _
out.L_DATE="appdate" _
out.L_TIME="apptime"
// V[appdate] now contains the server date in format YYYYMMDD and
// V[apptime] the server time in format HHMMSS