getDateTime.md

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
• min (number) minutes
• sec (number) seconds

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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}