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Get Current Date As A String

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Use this function to fetch the current date and time in the predefined format of %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S. For more information, refer to the below table Date Format.

Syntax

Get Current date as a string()

Sample

  1. Get Current date as a string () = 2020-11-18 15:37:59

Date Format

Monday is considered as the start and Sunday to be the end of the week.

Date Format

Code Meaning Example
%d Day of the month as a zero-padded decimal number 30
%-d Day of the month as a decimal number (Platform specific) 30
%m Month as a zero-padded decimal number 09
%B Month as locale’s full name September
%b Month as locale’s abbreviated name Sep
%y Year without century as a zero-padded decimal number 20
%Y Year with century as a decimal number 2020

To view all the Date functions, click here.

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