Now - Function Summary

Summary:

Returns the current local date and time.

Usage:

now

Refinements:

/year - Returns the year only.

/month - Returns the month only.

/day - Returns the day of the month only.

/time - Returns the time only.

/zone - Returns the time zone offset from GMT only.

/date - Returns date only.

/weekday - Returns day of the week as integer (Monday is day 1).

/precise - Use nanosecond precision

Description:

For accuracy, first verify that the time, date and timezone are correctly set on the computer.

print now 9-Mar-2004/0:59:56-8:00

print now/date 9-Mar-2004

print now/time 0:59:56

print now/zone -8:00

print now/weekday 2

Related:

date? - Returns TRUE for date values.