$datetime
Description:
Returns the current date and time in the specified format, which is based on the standard Python strftime format codes. If no format is specified the date and time will be returned in the form ‘2020-02-15 14:26:32’.
Note
Any special characters such as ‘%’, ‘$’, ‘(‘, ‘)’ and ‘\’ will need to be escaped as shown in the examples below.
Warning
Platform-specific formatting codes should be avoided to help ensure the portability of scripts across the different platforms. These codes include: remove zero-padding (e.g.: %-d and %-m on Linux or macOS, and their equivalents %#d and %#m on Windows); element length specifiers (e.g.: %3Y); and hanging ‘%’ at the end of the format string.
Examples:
The following statements will return the values indicated:
$datetime() ==> "2020-02-15 14:26:32"
$datetime(\%Y-\%m-\%d \%H:\%M:\%S) ==> "2020-02-15 14:26:32"
$datetime(\%Y-\%m-\%d) ==> "2020-02-15"
$datetime(\%H:\%M:\%S) ==> "14:26:32"
$datetime(\%B \%d, \%Y) ==> "February 15, 2020"