edtime

Returns a formatted date and time based on a given format.

$(EDTIME, time, format-phrase)

Where:: time: the real number representing the Julian date. (supplying 0 will return the current date and time); format-phrase: specifies how the date and time should be displayed, as illustrated by the following table

Assuming the date is 2009 March 04 09:37:06

Format phrase	Result
D	4
DD	04
DDD	Wed
DDDD	Wednesday
M	3
MM	03
MON	Mar
YY	09
YYYY	2009
H	9
HH	09
MM	37
SS	06
AM/PM	AM
a/p	a

Code	Returns
$(edtime,$(getvar,date),H:MMam/pm)	09:37am
$(edtime,$(getvar,date),DDD"," DD-MO-YY)	Wed 04-03-09
$(edtime,$(getvar,date),DDD"," D MON"," YYYY)	Wed, 4 Mar 2009

When format phrase contains text that Diesel cannot interpret, it is displayed literally (e.g. a space, a colon(:)). To use a comma (,) within the format phrase, quote it "," so that Diesel does not read the comma as an argument separator. If any of the “AM/PM” phrases appear in the format phrase, the “H” and “HH” phrases will edit the time according to the 12 hour civil clock (12:00–12:59—1:00–11:59) instead of the 24 hour clock (00:00–23:59)

Supplying 0 as time value will return the current date and time. This avoids the call on $(getvar,date).

Code	Returns
$(edtime,0,H:MMam/pm)	09:37am
$(edtime,0,DDD","DD-MONTH-YYYY)	Wed, 4-March-2009

See also...

DIESEL functions