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2023-08-15T04:45:23Z

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Bear at 07:24, 19 September 2013

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	{{~~luaapi~~}}		{{wowlua}}
	date() is a reference to the os.date function. It is put in the global table as the os module is not available.		date() is a reference to the os.date function. It is put in the global table as the os module is not available.
	date ([format [, time]])		date ([format [, time]])


	It returns a string or a table containing the user's machine's current date and time (or the [[API_time\|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 [[API_time\|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.

	This is a mirror of the LUA function [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-os.date os.date()].		This is a mirror of the LUA function [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-os.date os.date()].

WoWWiki>Starlightblunder: {{luaapi}}

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	{{~~wowapi~~}}		{{luaapi}}
			date() is a reference to the os.date function. It is put in the global table as the os module is not available.
	date ([format [, time]])		date ([format [, time]])

	~~date() is a reference to the os.date function. It is put in the global table as the os module is not available.~~

	It returns a string or a table containing the user's machine's current date and time (or the [[API_time\|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 [[API_time\|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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	== Also see ==		== Also see ==
	* ~~[[API GetGameTime~~\|GetGameTime()]]		* {{api\|GetGameTime}}()
	~~{{LUA}}~~

WoWWiki>Watchout: added link to GetGameTime

2009-07-15T02:47:02Z

added link to GetGameTime

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	to display the date in the default Macintosh format		to display the date in the default Macintosh format

			== Also see ==
			* [[API GetGameTime\|GetGameTime()]]
	{{LUA}}		{{LUA}}

WoWWiki>Gourra at 21:30, 12 August 2008

2008-08-12T21:30:19Z

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			{{wowapi}}
	date ([format [, time]])		date ([format [, time]])

WoWWiki>Chronos Tachyon: Linked to the API_time page for easy reference

2007-09-28T06:07:25Z

Linked to the API_time page for easy reference

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	date() is a reference to the os.date function. It is put in the global table as the os module is not available.		date() is a reference to the os.date function. It is put in the global table as the os module is not available.

	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 [[API_time\|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.

	This is a mirror of the LUA function [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.0/manual.html#5.7 os.date()].		This is a mirror of the LUA function [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-os.date os.date()].

	Note that the default format returned when calling the date() function with no parameters will be different depending on whether the game is running on a PC or a Macintosh computer. If you want your addon to be compatible with both systems, you should therefore not use date() without parameters, instead, use		Note that the default format returned when calling the date() function with no parameters will be different depending on whether the game is running on a PC or a Macintosh computer. If you want your addon to be compatible with both systems, you should therefore not use date() without parameters, instead, use

WoWWiki>Batrick at 12:18, 29 August 2007

2007-08-29T12:18:26Z

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	~~{{:Lua/Libshortcut\|~~date~~\|os.date}}~~		date ([format [, time]])

	date (~~[format [, time]]~~)		date() is a reference to the os.date function. It is put in the global table as the os module is not available.

	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.

WoWWiki>Taktaal at 04:51, 18 November 2006

2006-11-18T04:51:30Z

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	This is a mirror of the LUA function [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.0/manual.html#5.7 os.date()].		This is a mirror of the LUA function [http://www.lua.org/manual/5.0/manual.html#5.7 os.date()].

	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>~~		Note that the default format returned when calling the date() function with no parameters will be different depending on whether the game is running on a PC or a Macintosh computer. If you want your addon to be compatible with both systems, you should therefore not use date() without parameters, instead, use

			date("%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S")
			to display the date in the default PC format

			-or-

			date("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")
			to display the date in the default Macintosh format

	{{LUA}}		{{LUA}}

WoWWiki>Mikk: Use Lua/Libshortcut template. Change category from "LUA Functions" to "Lua functions".

2006-05-26T12:14:23Z

Use Lua/Libshortcut template. Change category from "LUA Functions" to "Lua functions".

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	~~<tt>~~date ([format [, time]])~~</tt>~~		{{:Lua/Libshortcut\|date\|os.date}}

			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>

	{{~~Template:WoW API~~}}		{{LUA}}

WoWWiki>Anticrash at 15:03, 4 January 2006

2006-01-04T15:03:38Z

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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>

	~~[[Category~~:API ~~Functions\|date]]~~		{{Template:WoW API}}
	~~[[Category:API LUA Functions\|date]]~~