Lua date and time
Format a date (potentially the current date) into a string using the os.date() function:
lua
-- "today is Tuesday, in May"
print(os.date("today is %A, in %B"))os.date() takes in two arguments, the format and the time. The second argument will default to the local OS time.
To produce a table of date values, use the format string "*t"
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-- {year = 1998, month = 9, day = 16, yday = 259, wday = 4, hour = 23, min = 48, sec = 10, isdst = false}
os.date("*t", 906000490)Format strings:
%a abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Wed)
%A full weekday name (e.g., Wednesday)
%b abbreviated month name (e.g., Sep)
%B full month name (e.g., September)
%c date and time (e.g., 09/16/98 23:48:10)
%d day of the month (16) [01-31]
%H hour, using a 24-hour clock (23) [00-23]
%I hour, using a 12-hour clock (11) [01-12]
%M minute (48) [00-59]
%m month (09) [01-12]
%p either "am" or "pm" (pm)
%S second (10) [00-61]
%w weekday (3) [0-6 = Sunday-Saturday]
%x date (e.g., 09/16/98)
%X time (e.g., 23:48:10)
%Y full year (1998)
%y two-digit year (98) [00-99]
%% the character `%´