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: KeywordBecomesYYYYCurrent year, using 4 digitsYYLast two digits of the current yearMMCurrent month, with leading 0 if necessaryDDCurrent day, with leading 0 if necessaryhhCurrent hour, with leading 0 if necessarymmCurrent minute, with leading 0 if necessaryssCurrent second, with leading 0 if necessaryFlag 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'2010/01/07 23:13:12' #
# Get only the month and day
pm.date( shortDate=True )
# Result: u'01/07' #
# 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 10 (or 2010), month is 01, day is 07. And it is now 23:13:12' #