date_of

Arguments

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This function has been superceded by date.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