date {base} | R Documentation |
Returns a character string of the current system date and time.
date()
The string has the form "Fri Aug 20 11:11:00 1999"
, i.e.,
length 24, since it relies on POSIX's ctime
ensuring the above
fixed format. Timezone and Daylight Saving Time are taken account of,
but not indicated in the result.
The day and month abbreviations are always in English, irrespective
of locale.
Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.
Sys.time
; Date
and
DateTimeClasses
for objects
representing date and time.
(d <- date()) nchar(d) == 24 ## something similar in the current locale format(Sys.time(), "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y")