WoW:API GetDate: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 02:23, 16 February 2005

GetDate -Documentation by Zlixar-

When called, returns the build date of the current version of WoW (as listed on the bottom left of the login screen).

date = GetDate();

none

date: String - For example for version 1.2.1, it returned "Dec 20 2004". This date will be the date WoW was released or built (some internal Blizzard date close to release).

local date = GetDate();

"Dec 20 2004"

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   <center>'''GetDate''' ''-Documentation by [[user:Zlixar|Zlixar]]-''</center>
-When called, returns "Dec 20 2004". Possibly a broken date script, or returns a date that has unknown significance. (Compile date?)
+When called, returns the build date of the current version of WoW (as listed on the bottom left of the login screen).
   date = GetDate();
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 ;''Returns''
-:;date : String - As of 1.2.1, always returns "Dec 20 2004". May be broken or reporting a date of currently unknown significance.
+:;date : String - For example for version 1.2.1, it returned "Dec 20 2004". This date will be the date WoW was released or built (some internal Blizzard date close to release).
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   "Dec 20 2004"
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-;''Details''
-:No hints as of yet as to what this function actually does. Has been suggested that it is broken, though it may be reporting a date of unknown significance. Perhaps the date of the release of the current version or the compile of the current version.
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