I am posting my end result as it might help some else. I wanted the date time in a format as to append to a file name on a scripted backup.

Code:
Global $filedatetime, $date, $time, $ampm
usdatetime()
$filedatetime = $date + " " + $time + $ampm
? $filedatetime


Function usdatetime()
$hour = SubStr("@time",1,2)
Select
Case Val("$hour") < 12
$ampm = "am"
Case Val("$hour") > 18
$ampm = "pm"
Case 1
$ampm = "pm"
EndSelect
$date = Split(@date ,"/")
$time = Split(@time ,":")
$date = "" + Val($date[1]) + "-" + Val($date[2]) + "-" + SubStr($date[0],3)
$time = "" + Val($time[0]) + Val($time[1]) + SubStr($time[0],3)
EndFunction