Time Strings

Learn about the time string function.

Syntax

A time string can be in any of these formats:

YYYY-MM-DD
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.SSS
HH:MM
HH:MM:SS
HH:MM:SS.SSS
now
DDDD.DDDD

Note:

Formats 5 – 7 that specify only a time assume a date of 2000-01-01. Format 8 is converted into the current date and time, using Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). Format 9 is the Julian day number expressed as a floating point value.

Examples

Getting the current time – If no date is given, the time string now is assumed and the date is set to the current date and time.
```
uDate() // returns something like "2006-03-01"
```
```
uDate() is equivalent to uDate("now")
```

Getting a special date –

uDate("2004-01-04 14:26:33")
// returns the date part "2004-01-04"