How to get the current date in a plugin?

JoopvB · Post by **JoopvB** » 05 Mar 2021 21:49

What is the best way to get the current date in a plugin?

Post by **tatewise** » 05 Mar 2021 21:53

local dpToday = fhCallBuiltInFunction("Today") in FH datepoint format
or
local today = os.date ([format [, time]]) in various formats ~ see Lua Ref Manual os library for details.
It can return a string or a table of values for each date & time component.

JoopvB · Post by **JoopvB** » 05 Mar 2021 21:55

Thanks Mike, I tried this, but it seems to be a date object and I like to use it as text.

Post by **tatewise** » 05 Mar 2021 22:01

It is possible to convert a datepoint to a date and then to text but the os.date function is probably easier.

JoopvB · Post by **JoopvB** » 05 Mar 2021 22:04

Yes, that's what I was looking for. Thanks!

Post by **tatewise** » 05 Mar 2021 22:09

e.g.
local strToday = os.date() produces the default 05/03/2021 22:08:24
local strToday = os.date("%d %B %Y") produces 05 March 2021
See https://www.tutorialspoint.com/c_standa ... rftime.htm for format options.

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