We don't need to create an object for the Class Date. We can use Date like prefix.

dateAndTimeNow

Returns an array whose first element is today and second element is the time. You can read an array element using "at:"

Example

arrDT:= Date dateAndTimeNow.
D:=arrDT at:1.
T:=arrDT at:2.
Transcript show:D.
Transcript show:'------'.
Transcript show:T.

Result

15 November 2009------1:51:41 pm

today

Example

D:= Date today.
Transcript show:D.
 

Result

15 November 2009

today weekday

Example

wD:= Date  today weekday.
Transcript show:wD.
 

Result

Monday 

today julianDayNumber

Number of days (or part of a day) elapsed since noon GMT on January 1st, 4713 B.C.

Example

jD:= Date  today julianDayNumber.
Transcript show:jD.

Result

2453325

today monthIndex

Example

mI:= Date  today monthIndex.
Transcript show:mI.

Result

11

today weekdayIndex

today monthName

today year

today addDays:n

Date that is n days after today

Example

nD:= Date  today addDays:2.
Transcript show:nD.
   

Result

17 November 2009

today subtractDays:n

today asGregorian.

Return an array of integers #(dd mm yyyy). You can read an array element using "at:"

Example

gD:= Date today asGregorian.
dG:=gD at:1.
Transcript show:dG

Result

15

today asSeconds.

Seconds between 1 January 1901 and the NOW. Useful in creation of timers. Reading the values in 2 moments you can know the interval in seconds.

Example

sN:= Date  today asSeconds.
Transcript show:sN
   

Result

3277929600

today mmddyyy

The usual format:mm/dd/yyyy.

Example

mDY:= Date  today mmddyyyy.
Transcript show:mDY
   

Result

11/15/2009

We don't need to create an object for the Class Time. We can use Time like prefix.

now

Example

|nN| 
nN:= Time  now .
Transcript show:nN
   

Result

3:13:09 pm

now hours

Example

nH:= Time  now hours .
Transcript show:nH
   

Result

15

now minutes

now seconds

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