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DateString

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DateString[]

returns the current local time and date as a string.

DateString[elem]

returns the time formatted according to elems.

DateString[{$e_1$, $e_2$, ...}]

concatenates the time formatted according to elements ei.

DateString[time]

returns the date string of an AbsoluteTime.

DateString[{y, m, d, h, m, s}]

returns the date string of a date list specification.

DateString[string]

returns the formatted date string of a date string specification.

DateString[spec, elems]

formats the time in turns of elems. Both spec and elems can take any of the above formats.

The current date and time:

• • DateString[];

• • DateString[{1991, 10, 31, 0, 0}, {"Day", " ", "MonthName", " ", "Year"}]

• • DateString[{2007, 4, 15, 0}]

• • DateString[{1979, 3, 14}, {"DayName", "  ", "Month", "-", "YearShort"}]

Non-integer values are accepted too:

• • DateString[{1991, 6, 6.5}]