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date ([format [, time]]) | |||
It returns a string or a table containing the user's machine's current date and time (or the time represented by <tt>time</tt>), formatted according to the given string <tt>format</tt>. If one wishes to supply your own format string, then it uses the same rules as [http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/strftime.html strftime()]. The special string <tt>*t</tt> tells the <tt>date()</tt> function to return a table. | It returns a string or a table containing the user's machine's current date and time (or the time represented by <tt>time</tt>), formatted according to the given string <tt>format</tt>. If one wishes to supply your own format string, then it uses the same rules as [http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/strftime.html strftime()]. The special string <tt>*t</tt> tells the <tt>date()</tt> function to return a table. | ||
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If one supplies no arguments, it returns the current date and time formatted using the following string: <tt>%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S</tt> | If one supplies no arguments, it returns the current date and time formatted using the following string: <tt>%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S</tt> | ||
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Revision as of 12:14, 26 May 2006
date ([format [, time]])
It returns a string or a table containing the user's machine's current date and time (or the time represented by time), formatted according to the given string format. If one wishes to supply your own format string, then it uses the same rules as strftime(). The special string *t tells the date() function to return a table.
This is a mirror of the LUA function os.date().
If one supplies no arguments, it returns the current date and time formatted using the following string: %m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S