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The following characters are recognized in the ''format'' parameter string.
* Used without any ''format'' specified, it will return in the ''HH:nn:ss'' format.
 
* 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 ==
 
* [[$asctime]] and [[$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 09:23, 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.