date_time_now
The date_time_now function gets the current date and time in the specified IDOL date format.
| YY | Year (2 digits). For example, 99, 00, 01 and so on. | 
| YYYY | Year (4 digits). For example, 1999, 2000, 2001 and so on. | 
| #YY+ | Year (2 or 4 digits). If you provide 2 digits, then it uses the  For example, it interprets  | 
| #Y | Year (1 to a maximum of 16 digits) and can be followed by ADorBC. An apostrophe (') immediately before the year denotes a truncated year. For example,2008,'97(interpreted as1997),97(interpreted as97 AD),'08(interpreted as2008),2008 ADand200 BC. A truncated year with a BC identifier is invalid ('08 BC). | 
| #FULLYEAR | Year (1 to a maximum of 16 digits). For example 8,98,108,2008, each of which is taken literally. The year is taken relative to the common EPOCH (0AD). | 
| #ADBC | Time Period. For example,  The only exception to this is when you use both  OpenText recommends you use only  | 
| LONGMONTH | A long month, for example, January,Februaryand so on. | 
| SHORTMONTH | A short month, for example, Jan,Feband so on. | 
| MM | Month (2 digits). For example,  01,10,12and so on. | 
| M+ | Month (1 or 2 digits). For example, 1,2,3,10and so on. | 
| DD | Day (2 digits). For example, 01,02,03,12,23and so on. | 
| D+ | Day (1 or 2 digits). For example, 1,2,12,13,31and so on. | 
| LONGDAY | 2 digits with a postfix. For example, 1st,2ndand so on. | 
| HH | Hour (2 digits). For example, 01,12,13and so on. | 
| H+ | Hour (1 or 2 digits). | 
| NN | Minute (2 digits). | 
| N+ | Minute (1 or 2 digits). | 
| SS | Second (2 digits). | 
| S+ | Second (1 or 2 digits). | 
| ZZZ | Time Zone, for example, GMT,EST,PST, and so on. | 
| ZZZZZ | Time Difference (1 to 9 digits). For example, +04 denotes 4 hours ahead of UTC. Other examples include +4, +04, +0400, +0400 MSD (the string MSD is ignored). A further example is +030, in this case the time differences is interpreted as 30 minutes. | 
| #PM | AM or PM indicator (2 characters). For example, 2001/09/09 02:46:40 pm | 
| #S | A space | 
Syntax
date_time_now( format, gmt )
Arguments
| Argument | Description | 
|---|---|
| format | (string) An IDOL date format string that specifies the format of the returned string. | 
| gmt | (boolean, default false) Specifies whether to return the current time in GMT rather than local time. NOTE: The time zone values ( | 
Returns
String. The current date and time.
Examples
--Return value in local time
print (date_time_now("YYYY-MM-DD HH:NN:SS ZZZ"))
--Return value in GMT
print (date_time_now("YYYY-MM-DD HH:NN:SS", true))