5. Overview Date and Time

	Functions
GetFileTime	GetFileTime returns the date and time at which given files were created, last accessed and last written to.
GetLocalTime	The GetLocalTime function retrieves the current local date and time.
GetTickCount	GetTickCount returns the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since UniPlot was started.
SetFileTime	SetFileTime sets the date and time at which given files were created, last accessed and last written to.
date	date returns the current date as a string.
tic	tic retrieves the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since UniPlot was started.
time	time gets the time when the function is called as a string.
toc	toc retrieves the number of milliseconds that have elapsed since the tic function was called.

The DT_xxx function using an 8-byte floating-point number. Days are represented by whole number increments starting with 30 December 1899, midnight as time zero. Hour values are expressed as the absolute value of the fractional part of the number. The following table illustrates this.

Date and time Representation:

30 December 1899, midnight	0.00
1 January 1900, midnight	2.00
4 January 1900, midnight	5.00
4 January 1900, 6 A.M.	5.25
4 January 1900, noon	5.50
4 January 1900, 9 P.M.	5.875

	Functions
DT_Format	DT_Format generates a formatted string representation of the rmDate values.
DT_GetCurrentTime	DT_GetCurrentTime returns the current date/time as a real number.
DT_GetDay	DT_GetDay returns the day the rmDateTime value represents (1 to 31).
DT_GetDayOfWeek	DT_GetDayOfWeek returns the day of the week the rmDateTime value represents (Sunday = 1).
DT_GetDayOfYear	DT_GetDayOfYear returns the day of the week the rmDateTime value object represents (Jan. 1 = 1).
DT_GetHour	DT_GetHour returns the hour the rmDateTime value represents (0-23).
DT_GetMinute	DT_GetMinute returns the minute the rmDateTime values represents (0-59).
DT_GetMonth	DT_GetMonth returns the month the rmDateTime values represents (1-12).
DT_GetSecond	DT_GetSecond returns the second the rmDateTime values represents. (0-59)
DT_GetTimeZoneOffsets	DT_GetTimeZoneOffsets returns information about the time zone and daylight saving time.
DT_GetYear	DT_GetYear returns the year the rmDateTime values represents.
DT_ParseDateTime	DT_ParseDateTime parses a date/time string and returns a real number.
DT_SetDate	DT_SetDate sets the value to the specified date-only value.
DT_SetDateTime	DT_SetDateTime sets the value to the specified date/time value.
DT_SetLocale	DT_SetLocale sets the time/date format for a language.
DT_SetTime	DT_SetTime sets the value to the specified time-only value.
DT_UnixTime	DT_UnixTime converts the Unix time value into the date/time format used by UniPlot.

See also

UniScript Functions Overview

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