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  $time(format)
 
  $time(format)
  
The following characters are recognized in the ''format'' parameter string.
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* Used without any ''format'' specified, it will return in the ''HH:nn:ss'' format.
 
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* For details on what to use as ''format'' see [[:Category:Time and Date Identifiers|Time and Date Identifiers]]
'''NAME'''         '''USAGE'''  '''EXAMPLE'''
 
Year        yy    99
 
              yyyy  1999
 
Month        m      1
 
              mm    01
 
              mmm    Jan
 
              mmmm  January
 
Day          d      1
 
              dd    01
 
              ddd    Mon
 
              dddd  Monday
 
Hours        h      5
 
              hh    05
 
              H      13
 
              HH    13
 
Minutes      n      1
 
              nn    01
 
Seconds      s      1
 
              ss    01
 
AM/PM        t      a/p
 
              tt    am/pm
 
              T      A/P
 
              TT    AM/PM
 
Ordinal      oo    st/nd/rd/th
 
Timezone    z      +0
 
              zz    +0000
 
              zzz    +0000 GMT
 
  
 
== Example ==
 
== Example ==
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== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
 
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* [[$asctime]] and [[$ctime]] is often used for more detailed date/time information.
[[$asctime]] and [[$ctime]] is often used for more detailed date/time information.
 
  
 
[[Category:Time and Date Identifiers]]
 
[[Category:Time and Date Identifiers]]

Latest revision as of 10:23, 2 July 2007

Returns the current time in hour:minute:second format, or whatever format specified.

$time(format)
  • Used without any format specified, it will return in the HH:nn:ss format.
  • For details on what to use as format see Time and Date Identifiers

Example

$time  ;returned 11:50:34 just now
$time(yyyy)  ;returned 2005 just now
$time(HH:nn dddd dd/mm/yyyy)  ;returned 11:50 Saturday 26/11/2005 just now

See Also

  • $asctime and $ctime is often used for more detailed date/time information.