Class documentation: System.date

Object for manipulating date/time.

Inherits

System.object

Classes contained

Constructors

• make System.date(): Constructs a new date object.
• make System.date(sec, min, hour, day_of_month, month, year, day_of_week, day_of_year, dst): Constructs a new date object.
  • sec: Number of seconds (0-59).
  • min: Number of minutes (0-59).
  • hour: Number of hours (0-23).
  • day_of_month: Day of the month (1-31).
  • month: Month (1-12).
  • year: Year (yyyy).
  • day_of_week: Day of the week (0-6).
  • day_of_year: Day of the year (0-365).
  • dst: Daylight Saving Time (true/false).

Destructor

Operators

Properties

• day_of_month: Day of the month (1-31).
• day_of_week: Day of the week (0-6).
• day_of_year: Day of the year (0-365).
• dst: Daylight Saving Time (true/false).
• hour: Number of hours (0-23).
• min: Number of minutes (0-59).
• month: Month (1-12).
• sec: Number of seconds (0-59).
• year: Year (yyyy).

Methods

• format(format): Format date into a string, given format specifier.
  • format: Format specifier (see man strftime for valid characters).
• now_gmt(): Returns the current time in GMT.
• now_local(): Returns the current local time.
• parse(val, format): Parse given value into a date object.
  • val: Value to parse.
  • format: Format to use (see man strptime for info).
• str(): Returns string representation of date.
• timestamp(): Return given date as the number of seconds since 1970.