date                  package:base                  R Documentation

System Date and Time

Description:

     Returns a character string of the current system date and time.

Usage:

     date()

Value:

     The string has the form `"Fri Aug 20 11:11:00 1999"', i.e. length
     24, since it relies on POSIX' `ctime' ensuring the above fixed
     format.  Timezone and Daylight Saving Time are taken account of,
     but not indicated in the result.

Examples:

     (d <- date())
     nchar(d) == 24

