Return Date[-Time] String in 'European' Format — u.date • sfsmisc

Return one string of the form "day/month/year", plus "hour:minutes", optionally.

Usage

u.date(short=FALSE)

Arguments

short: logical; if TRUE, no time is given.

Value

String with current date (and time).

Author

Martin Maechler, ca. 1992

See also

u.Datumvonheute.

Examples

u.date()
#> [1] "04/Jun/2026, 22:29"
u.date(short = TRUE)
#> [1] "04/Jun/2026"