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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. | 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 | ||