Is there a way to retrieve the date and/or time without using JS?

I'm doing this right now:

JS.eval ("var today = new Date();var dd = today.getDate();var mm = today.getMonth()+1;var yyyy = today.getFullYear();if(dd<10) {dd = '0'+dd} if(mm<10) {mm = '0'+mm} today = mm + '/' + dd + '/' + yyyy;ASLEvent('SetDate',today);")

  <function name="SetDate" parameters="today">
    game.todaysdate = today
    if (not HasAttribute(game,"datesplayed")) {
      game.datesplayed = NewStringList()
    }
    list add (game.datesplayed, today)
  </function>

Simple answer: No.

Right on.

I tried everything I could find using various C and .NET "dialects", and thought it wise to ask before giving up and adding JS, an ASLEvent, and a SetTimeout().

If anyone is interested, a more in-depth explanation concerning setting the date using JS is here:
http://textadventures.co.uk/forum/quest/topic/rykk91-r_k_wxw7edgei_g/real-world-time#06c63f79-91dc-48dc-9ede-93e1a270f342