pymel.core.system.date¶
- date(*args, **kwargs)¶
Returns information about current time and date. Use the predefined formats, or the -formatflag to specify the output format.
Flags:
Long Name / Short Name Argument Types Properties date / d bool Returns the current date. Format is YYYY/MM/DD format / f unicode Specifies a string defining how the date and time should be represented. All occurences of the keywords below will be replaced with the corresponding values: KeywordBecomesYYYYCurrent year, using 4 digitsYYLast two digits of the current yearMMCurrent month, with leading 0 if necessaryDDCurrent day, with leading 0 if necessaryhhCurrent hour, with leading 0 if necessarymmCurrent minute, with leading 0 if necessaryssCurrent second, with leading 0 if necessary shortDate / sd bool Returns the current date. Format is MM/DD shortTime / st bool Returns the current time. Format is hh:mm time / t bool Returns the current time. Format is hh:mm:ss Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list. Derived from mel command maya.cmds.date
Example:
import pymel.core as pm # Get the current date and time pm.date() # Result: u'2013/02/18 19:14:25' # # Get only the month and day pm.date( shortDate=True ) # Result: u'02/18' # # Get the date and time in a fancy format pm.date( format='Year is YY (or YYYY), month is MM, day is DD. And it is now hh:mm:ss' ) # Result: u'Year is 13 (or 2013), month is 02, day is 18. And it is now 19:14:25' #