:DATE

Purpose

Parameters

?dateVariable

A variable to be bound to the date.

?timevariable(optional)

The variable to be bound to the current time.

Examples

  (:DATE ?date)
  (:PRINTLN "Timestamp: " ?date)

  (:DATE ?date ?time)
  (:PRINTLN "Event occurred on " ?date " at " ?time)

Success criteria

Failure criteria

Notes

In the single-argument version, the date and time are concatenated into a single string. The string contains no spaces and is in a format suitable to use as a file name.

In the two-argument version, the date and time are formatted into separate strings, each containing no spaces and each being suitable to use as a file name.

Related commands

• :PRINT
• :PRINTLN
• :TRACE

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