getDateTime()

Return current system date and time that is kept by the RTC unit

Parameters

none

Return value

• table current date and time, table elements:

  • year (number) year

  • mon (number) month

  • day (number) day of month

  • hour (number) hours

  • hour12 (number) hours in US format

  • min (number) minutes

  • sec (number) seconds

  • suffix (text) am or pm

Examples

general/getDateTime-example

local function run(e)
  local datenow = getDateTime()
  lcd.clear()
  lcd.drawText(1,1,"getDateTime() example",0)
  lcd.drawText(1,11,"year, mon, day: ", 0)
  lcd.drawText(lcd.getLastPos()+2,11,datenow.year..", "..datenow.mon..", "..datenow.day,0)
  lcd.drawText(1,21,"hour, min, sec: ", 0)
  lcd.drawText(lcd.getLastPos()+2,21,datenow.hour..", "..datenow.min..", "..datenow.sec,0)
end

return{run=run}