MRAS pseudo-ops `DATE` and `TIME` not recognized by ZMAC in `--mras` compatibility mode

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MRAS pseudo-ops DATE and TIME not recognized by ZMAC in --mras compatibility mode

Hi George,

I observed this incompatibility between ZMAC in --mras mode and MRAS:

MRAS defines two pseudo-ops DATE and TIME that assemble respectively to a date string
MM/DD/YY and to a time string HH:MM:SS. ZMAC considers those 2 pseudo-ops as labels.

Example TESTDATE/ASM:

	ORG	3000H
@DSPLY	EQU	0AH		; SVC display msg @HL
START	LD	HL,MSG
	LD	A,@DSPLY	; Display it
	RST	28H		;
	LD	HL,0		; exit OK
	RET			; done
MSG	DB	'Date: '
	DATE
	DB	' - Time: '
	TIME
	DB	0DH
	END	START

With MRAS:

MRAS TESTDATE +L=TESTDATE -GC

Output:

Date: 08/17/24 - Time: 17:22:15

Listing:

3000           00001         ORG     3000H
000A           00002 @DSPLY  EQU     0AH             ; SVC display msg @HL
3000  210A30   00003 START   LD      HL,MSG
3003  3E0A     00004         LD      A,@DSPLY        ; Display it
3005  EF       00005         RST     28H             ;
3006  210000   00006         LD      HL,0            ; exit OK
3009  C9       00007         RET                     ; done
300A  44       00008 MSG     DB      'Date: '
      61 74 65 3A 20 
3010  30       00009         DATE
      38 2F 31 37 2F 32 34 
3018  20       00010         DB      ' - Time: '
      2D 20 54 69 6D 65 3A 20
3021  31       00011         TIME
      37 3A 32 32 3A 31 35 
3029  0D       00012         DB      0DH
3000           00013         END     START

With ZMAC:

zmac --mras --od . --oo cmd --oo lst testdate.asm

Output:

Date: - Time 

Listing:

   1:     -	3000          		ORG	3000H
   2:     -	000A          	@DSPLY	EQU	0AH		; SVC display msg @HL
   3:    0+10	3000  210A30  	START	LD	HL,MSG
   4:   10+7	3003  3E0A    		LD	A,@DSPLY	; Display it
   5:   17+11	3005  EF      		RST	28H		;
   6:   28+10	3006  210000  		LD	HL,0		; exit OK
   7:   38+10	3009  C9      		RET			; done
   8:     -	300A  44617465	MSG	DB	'Date: '
	              3A20
   9:     -	3010          		DATE
  10:     -	3010  202D2054		DB	' - Time: '
	              696D653A
	              20
  11:     -	3019          		TIME
  12:     -	3019  0D      		DB	0DH
  13:     -	3000          		END	START



Statistics:

     4	passes
     0	jr promotions
     5	symbols
    26	bytes



Symbol Table:

@DSPLY         =0A        10
DATE            3010      12304
MSG             300A      12298
START           3000      12288
TIME            3019      12313

DATE and TIME are considered by ZMAC as labels and don't generate any byte code.

Thanks!

Michel