Returns information about current time and date. Use the predefined formats, or the -formatflag to specify the output format.
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date (d) | bool | ||
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format (f) | unicode | ||
Specifies a string defining how the date and time should be represented. All occurences of the keywords below will be replaced with the corresponding values: YYYYYYMMDDhhmmss KeywordBecomesCurrent year, using 4 digitsLast two digits of the current yearCurrent month, with leading 0 if necessaryCurrent day, with leading 0 if necessaryCurrent hour, with leading 0 if necessaryCurrent minute, with leading 0 if necessaryCurrent second, with leading 0 if necessaryFlag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list. |
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shortDate (sd) | bool | ||
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shortTime (st) | bool | ||
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time (t) | bool | ||
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Derived from mel command maya.cmds.date
Example:
import pymel.core as pm
# Get the current date and time
pm.date()
# Result: u'2013/02/18 19:14:25' #
# Get only the month and day
pm.date( shortDate=True )
# Result: u'02/18' #
# Get the date and time in a fancy format
pm.date( format='Year is YY (or YYYY), month is MM, day is DD. And it is now hh:mm:ss' )
# Result: u'Year is 13 (or 2013), month is 02, day is 18. And it is now 19:14:25' #