date
System Date and Time
Returns a character string of the current system date and time.
- Keywords
- utilities
Usage
date()
Value
The string has the form "Fri Aug 20 11:11:00 1999"
, i.e.,
length 24, since it relies on POSIX's ctime
ensuring the above
fixed format. Timezone and Daylight Saving Time are taken account of,
but not indicated in the result.
The day and month abbreviations are always in English, irrespective of locale.
References
Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.
See Also
Sys.Date
and Sys.time
; Date
and
DateTimeClasses
for objects representing date and time.
Examples
library(base)
# NOT RUN {
(d <- date())
nchar(d) == 24
## something similar in the current locale
format(Sys.time(), "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")
# }
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