| % File src/library/base/man/date.Rd |
| % Part of the R package, https://www.R-project.org |
| % Copyright 1995-2007 R Core Team |
| % Distributed under GPL 2 or later |
| |
| \name{date} |
| \alias{date} |
| \title{System Date and Time} |
| \description{ |
| Returns a character string of the current system date and time. |
| } |
| \usage{date()} |
| \value{ |
| The string has the form \code{"Fri Aug 20 11:11:00 1999"}, i.e., |
| length 24, since it relies on POSIX's \code{ctime} ensuring the above |
| fixed format. Timezone and Daylight Saving Time are taken account of, |
| but \emph{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) |
| \emph{The New S Language}. |
| Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole. |
| } |
| \seealso{ |
| \code{\link{Sys.Date}} and \code{\link{Sys.time}}; \code{\link{Date}} |
| and |
| \code{\link{DateTimeClasses}} for objects representing date and time. |
| } |
| \examples{\donttest{ |
| (d <- date()) |
| nchar(d) == 24 |
| |
| ## something similar in the current locale |
| format(Sys.time(), "\%a \%b \%d \%H:\%M:\%S \%Y") |
| }} |
| \keyword{utilities} |