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loc.currentDate
Format the current date
Syntax
loc.currentDate([style[, timezone]])
Parameters
style is the style to format the date string, possible styles are:
| Short | Default style. The most terse form, as in "3/2/09" |
| Medium | "Mar 2, 2009" |
| Long | "March 2, 2009" |
| Full | "Friday, March 2, 2009" |
timezone, if present, indicates which international time zone to get the current date for. Time zones are specified by a string of the form "GMT+08:00" or "Australia/Perth" or "EST". If omitted, the time zone of the computer on which it is running will be used.
Returned Value
A formatted date string.
Description
Return the current date formatted for the language and country of the locale object loc. style indicates the display format. The style variants may not all be unique for some locales.
