Time.Date

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Time.DatePart of Time module

Syntax   Time.Date : string

Description   The Time.Date function returns the current date and time as a string. The returned string in the format "dd mmm yy hh:mm:ss", where mmm is the first 3 characters of the month, e.g., "Apr". For example, if the date is Christmas 1989 at 9:02:37 in the morning, Time.Date will return "25 Dec 89 09:02:37". Twenty-four hour time is used, so eleven thirty at night the same day would return "25 Dec 89 23:30:00"

Example   This program greets you and tells you the date and time.

        var theDateTime, theDate, theTime : string
        theDateTime := Time.Date
        theDate := theDateTime (1 .. 9)
        theTime := theDateTime (11 .. *)
        put "Greetings!!  The date and time today is ", Time.Date

Details   Be warned that on some computers, such as IBM PC compatibles or Apple Macintoshes, the date may not be set correctly in the operating system; in that case, the Time.Date procedure will give incorrect results.

The string form of the date can be converted to a numeric form for comparison purposes using the Time.DateSec function. The numeric form can be converted to a string using the Time.SecDate function. The numeric form of the time can be obtained using the Time.Sec function.

Status   Exported qualified.

This means that you can only call the function by calling Time.Date, not by calling Date.

See also   Time.Sec, Time.DateSec and Time.SecDate functions.