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time:format

Date/Time Core4 Lua Commands

SYNOPSIS

str = time:format(fmt)

DESCRIPTION

Formats the time stored in time according to the format specification in fmt. This function makes use of the C-library function strftime() and uses the same format specification.

Please see datetime:format() for an explanation of the format string.

RETURN VALUE

The formatted time value as a string.

ERRORS

Raises an error if time is not a time instance.

EXAMPLE

>  > 
t = clock.newTime(13, 43, 0) print(t:format("%I:%M:%S %p"))
01:43:00 pm

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