Alhifar: Updated SimpleDateFormat link

2014-01-23T13:29:30Z

Updated SimpleDateFormat link

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	function_description=Returns the current time (based on your local computer's system settings) in SimpleDateFormat format. Full information on [http://~~download~~.oracle.com/javase/~~1.3~~/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html SimpleDateFormat] here.\|		function_description=Returns the current time (based on your local computer's system settings) in SimpleDateFormat format. Full information on [http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html SimpleDateFormat] here.\|

	code1={{CodeSample\|		code1={{CodeSample\|

Bale: new in r8944

2011-01-26T23:51:40Z

new in r8944

New page

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#vardefine:name|now_to_string}}{{
#vardefine:return_type|string}}{{

FunctionPage|
name={{#var:name}}|

function1={{Function|
name={{#var:name}}|
aggregate={{#var:aggregate}}|
return_type={{#var:return_type}}|
return_also={{#var:return_also}}|
parameter1={{Param|string|format}}|
p1desc={{pspan|format}} is how the return value should be formatted.|
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function_description=Returns the current time (based on your local computer's system settings) in SimpleDateFormat format. Full information on [http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.3/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html SimpleDateFormat] here.|

code1={{CodeSample|
title=Code Sample|
description=Examples of using now_to_string().|
code=
<syntaxhighlight>
print("Example 1: "+ now_to_string("yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z"));
print("Example 2: "+ now_to_string("EEE, MMM d, ''yy"));
print("Example 3: "+ now_to_string("h:mm a"));
print("Example 4: "+ now_to_string("hh 'o''clock' a, zzzz"));
print("Example 5: "+ now_to_string("K:mm a, z"));
print("Example 6: "+ now_to_string("yyyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa"));
print("Example 7: "+ now_to_string("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"));
print("Example 8: "+ now_to_string("yyMMddHHmmssZ"));
</syntaxhighlight>|
moreinfo=
This is the output:
<pre>
Example 1: 2011.01.25 AD at 21:14:56 CST
Example 2: Tue, Jan 25, '11
Example 3: 9:15 PM
Example 4: 09 o'clock PM, Central Standard Time
Example 5: 9:15 PM, CST
Example 6: 02011.January.25 AD 09:16 PM
Example 7: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:16:16 -0600
Example 8: 110125211624-0600
</pre>
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{{SeeAlso|gameday_to_string|gameday_to_int|today_to_string|time_to_string}}

[[Category:Miscellaneous Functions]]

Now to string - Revision history

Alhifar: Updated SimpleDateFormat link

Bale: new in r8944