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</a><h3>ns_fmttime</h3>
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</a><h4>Overview</h4>
<p><a name="179547">
</a>Return a formatted date and time</p>
<a name="179548">
</a><h4>Syntax</h4>
<p><a name="179549">
</a><b>ns_fmttime</b> <i>time</i> ?<i>formatstring</i>?</p>
<a name="179550">
</a><h4>Description</h4>
<p><a name="179551">
</a><b>ns_fmttime</b> returns the specified date and time in a formatted string. This function behaves the same as the strftime function in C.</p>
<p><a name="179552">
</a>The <i>time</i> argument must specify the date and time as the number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970. You can use the <b>ns_time</b> function to get the current time in this format.</p>
<p><a name="179553">
</a>You can use the following elements in the <i>formatstring</i> argument to specify how the returned string will be formatted. The default <i>formatstring</i> is "%a %b %d %T %Y".<Table Border = "3">
<tr><th><p><a name="180460">
</a><b>Format Element</b></p>
<th><p><a name="182668">
</a><b>Description</b></p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185114">
</a>%%</p>
<td><p><a name="185120">
</a>same as %</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185126">
</a>%a</p>
<td><p><a name="185132">
</a>locale's abbreviated weekday name</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185138">
</a>%A</p>
<td><p><a name="185144">
</a>locale's full weekday name</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185150">
</a>%b</p>
<td><p><a name="185156">
</a>locale's abbreviated month name</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185162">
</a>%B</p>
<td><p><a name="185168">
</a>locale's full month name</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185174">
</a>%c</p>
<td><p><a name="185180">
</a>locale's appropriate date and time representation</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185186">
</a>%C</p>
<td><p><a name="185192">
</a>locale's century number (the year divided by 100 and truncated)</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185198">
</a>%d</p>
<td><p><a name="185204">
</a>day of month ( 01 - 31 )</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185210">
</a>%D</p>
<td><p><a name="185216">
</a>date as %m/%d/%y</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185222">
</a>%e</p>
<td><p><a name="185228">
</a>day of month (1-31; single digits are preceded by a blank)</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185274">
</a>%h</p>
<td><p><a name="185280">
</a>locale's abbreviated month name</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185286">
</a>%H</p>
<td><p><a name="185292">
</a>hour ( 00 - 23 )</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185298">
</a>%I</p>
<td><p><a name="185304">
</a>hour ( 01 - 12 )</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185310">
</a>%j</p>
<td><p><a name="185316">
</a>day number of year ( 001 - 366 )</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185322">
</a>%m</p>
<td><p><a name="185328">
</a>month number ( 01 - 12 )</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185334">
</a>%M</p>
<td><p><a name="185340">
</a>minute ( 00 - 59 )</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185346">
</a>%n</p>
<td><p><a name="185352">
</a>same as new-line</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185363">
</a>%p</p>
<td><p><a name="185381">
</a>locale's equivalent of either AM or PM</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185403">
</a>%r</p>
<td><p><a name="185428">
</a>time as %I:%M:%S [AM|PM]</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185446">
</a>%R</p>
<td><p><a name="185452">
</a>time as %H:%M</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185502">
</a>%S</p>
<td><p><a name="185508">
</a>seconds ( 00 - 61 ), allows for leap seconds</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185514">
</a>%t</p>
<td><p><a name="185520">
</a>same as a tab</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185526">
</a>%T</p>
<td><p><a name="185537">
</a>time as %H:%M:%S</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185559">
</a>%U</p>
<td><p><a name="185584">
</a>week number of year ( 00 - 53 ), Sunday is the first day of week1</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185614">
</a>%w</p>
<td><p><a name="185623">
</a>weekday number ( 0 - 6 ), Sunday = 0</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185629">
</a>%W</p>
<td><p><a name="185635">
</a>week number of year ( 00 - 53 ), Monday is the first day of week 1</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185641">
</a>%x</p>
<td><p><a name="185647">
</a>locale's appropriate date representation</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="185653">
</a>%X</p>
<td><p><a name="187861">
</a>locale's appropriate time representation</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="190307">
</a>%y</p>
<td><p><a name="190313">
</a>year within century ( 00 - 99 )</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="190319">
</a>%Y</p>
<td><p><a name="190325">
</a>year as ccyy ( e.g. 1986)</p>
<tr><td><p><a name="190335">
</a>%Z</p>
<td><p><a name="190341">
</a>time zone name or no characters if no time zone exists</p>
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<a name="179618">
</a><h4>Examples</h4>
<ol>
<li>Calling ns_fmttime as follows:
<a name="179619">
</a><p>
<pre> <a name="179620"></a>ns_fmttime [ns_time]
</pre><p><dl>
<dt>returns the date and time formatted like this:<a name="179621">
</a>
<p></dl>
<pre> <a name="180167"></a>Wed Oct 29 15:42:11 1997
</pre><p><li>Calling ns_fmttime as follows:
<a name="179623">
</a><p>
<pre> <a name="179624"></a>ns_fmttime [ns_time] "%D %T"
</pre><p><dl>
<dt>returns the date and time formatted like this:<a name="179625">
</a>
<p></dl>
<pre> <a name="179543"></a>10/29/97 15:50:26
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