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


  $time
  $time(format)


* This identifier has no parameters or properties.
The following characters are recognized in the ''format'' parameter string.
 
'''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 ==


  $time  ;returned ''11:50:34'' just now
  $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 ==
== See Also ==

Revision as of 11:05, 26 November 2005

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

$time(format)

The following characters are recognized in the format parameter string.

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

$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.