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date_of

date_of — is obsolete, see date

Syntax

date_of (seconds)

Arguments

seconds

A system time as a long integer, which may be obtained from the clock function.

Returns

The date as a character string.

Description

This function has been superceded by date. It returns a character string which represents the given date and time in human-readable form. This form depends on the operating system, but will look like "Fri Feb 16 21:50:32 1973" on most UNIX systems.

Example

Gamma> date_of(987654321);
"Thu Apr 19 00:25:21 2001"

See Also

clock, date

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