Date and Time¶
In this chapter we are going to learn about the date and time functions.
Clock() Function¶
Syntax:
Clock() ---> The number of clock ticks from program start
Example:
See "Calculate performance" + nl
t1 = clock()
for x = 1 to 1000000 next
see clock() - t1
ClocksPerSecond() Function¶
Return how many clocks in one second
Syntax:
clockspersecond() ---> Number of clocks in one second
Example:
# Wait 1 second
t = clock()
while clock() - t <= clockspersecond() end
Time() Function¶
We can get the system time using the Time() function.
Example:
See "Time : " + time()
Date() Function¶
We can get the date using the Date() function.
Syntax:
Date() ---> String represent the date "dd/mm/yyyy"
Example:
See "Date : " + date() # Date : 24/05/2015
TimeList() Function¶
We can print the date and the time information using the TimeList() function.
Syntax:
TimeList() ---> List contains the time and date information.
The next table presents the list items
| index | value |
|---|---|
| 1 | abbreviated weekday name |
| 2 | full weekday name |
| 3 | abbreviated month name |
| 4 | full month name |
| 5 | Date & Time |
| 6 | Day of the month |
| 7 | Hour (24) |
| 8 | Hour (12) |
| 9 | Day of the year |
| 10 | Month of the year |
| 11 | Minutes after hour |
| 12 | AM or PM |
| 13 | Seconds after the hour |
| 14 | Week of the year (sun-sat) |
| 15 | day of the week |
| 16 | date |
| 17 | time |
| 18 | year of the century |
| 19 | year |
| 20 | time zone |
| 21 | percent sign |
Example:
/* Output:
** Sun abbreviated weekday name
** Sunday full weekday name
** May abbreviated month name
** May full month name
** 05/24/15 09:58:38 Date & Time
** 24 Day of the month
** 09 Hour (24)
** 09 Hour (12)
** 144 Day of the year
** 05 Month of the year
** 58 Minutes after hour
** AM AM or PM
** 38 Seconds after the hour
** 21 Week of the year (sun-sat)
** 0 day of the week
** 05/24/15 date
** 09:58:38 time
** 15 year of the century
** 2015 year
** Arab Standard Time time zone
** % percent sign
*/
See TimeList()
Example:
See "Day Name : " + TimeList()[2] # Sunday
Example:
See "Month Name : " + TimeList()[4] # May
AddDays() Function¶
Syntax:
AddDays(cDate,nDays) ---> Date from cDate and after nDays
Example:
cDate = date()
see cDate + nl # 24/05/2015
cDate = adddays(cDate,10)
see cDate + nl # 03/06/2015
DiffDays() Function¶
Syntax:
DiffDays(cDate1,cDate2) ---> number of days (Date1 - Date2)
Example:
cDate1 = date()
see cDate1 + nl # 24/05/2015
cDate2 = adddays(cDate1,10)
see cDate2 + nl # 03/06/2015
see "DiffDays = " + diffdays(cDate1,cDate2) + nl # -10
see "DiffDays = " + diffdays(cDate2,cDate1) + nl # 10