Scilab Function
Last update : 00/00/0000

getdate - get date and time information

### Calling Sequence

  `dt=getdate()`
  `x=getdate("s")`
  `dt=getdate(x)`

### Parameters

- `dt`: an integer vector with 10 entries (see below)
- `x`: an integer containing a date coded in second from 1 Jan 1970

### Description

  dt=getdate() returns the current date in format given below:
    dt(1): The year as a number (with the century) between 0000 and 9999.
    dt(2): The month of the year as a number between 01 and 12.
    dt(3): The ISO 8601 week number as a number between 01 and 53.
    dt(4): The Julian day of the year as a number between 001 and 366.
    dt(5): Specifies the weekday as a decimal number [1,7], with 1 representing Sunday.
    dt(6): The day of the month as a number between 01 and 31.
    dt(7): The hour of the day is output as a number between 00 and 23.
    dt(8): The minute is output as a number between 00 and 59.
    dt(9): The second is output as a number between 00 and 59.
    dt(10): The millisecond is output as a number between 000 and 999.
  x=getdate("s") returns a scalar with the number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970, 00:00 UTC (Unix Time Convention)
  dt=getdate(x) formats the date given by x (number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970, 00:00 UTC) in format given above. In this case dt(10) is always equal to 0.

### Examples

    w=getdate()
    mprintf("Year:%d,Month:%d,Day:%d",w(1),w(2),w(6));

    x=getdate("s")
    getdate(x)

### See Also

`date`, `timer`,

### Authors

  V.C.