the
modifierdate
date
()
Modifier is short
, abbreviated
, long
, or English
. The default is short
.
put the last word of the long date into currentYear
The date
function returns a date
representing the current date. There are four forms of the date
function:
the short date |
20/7/93 |
the abbrev date |
Tue 20 Oct 1992 |
the long date |
Tuesday 7 October 1989 |
the English date |
Saturday, February 15, 1986 |
The format of the date is dependent on the current locale. This is important if you want to write scripts that work anywhere without modification. You cannot assume that the date
function will always return a date in the same format.
To prevent issues caused by differing local date formats, use the seconds
or the dateItems
to store and perform calculations with dates and times.