date_of

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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`date_of` -- is obsolete, see `date`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This function has been superceded by `date`.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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