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Clib Get Date and Time Method

The Clib Get Date and Time method returns a string that includes the date and time that it extracts from a time object. The string it returns uses the following format:

Day Mon dd hh:mm:ss yyyy

For example, Wed Aug 10 13:21:56 2005.

Format

Clib.asctime(Time)

The following table describes the arguments for the Clib Get Date and Time method.

Argument Description

Time

A time object.

Example

The following example describes the difference between the asctime and mkdir formats for time:

TheApplication().TraceOn("c:\\eScript_trace.txt","allocation","all");

var tm = Clib.localtime(Clib.time());
var tmStr = Clib.asctime(tm);
var tmVal = Clib.mktime(tm); 

TheApplication().Trace("Time String : " + tmStr);
TheApplication().Trace("Time Value  : " + tmVal);

TheApplication().TraceOff();

This example produces the following result:

03/05/04,12:26:30,START,7.5.3 [16157] LANG_INDEPENDENT,SADMIN,6532,6584
03/05/04,12:26:30,COMMENT,"Time String : Fri Mar 05 12:26:30 2004"
03/05/04,12:26:30,COMMENT,Time Value  : 1078489590
03/05/04,12:26:30,STOP

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