date
====

Current date as date string



Calling Sequence
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::

    dt=date()




Arguments
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:dt a string
:



Description
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dt=date() returns a string containing the date in dd-mmm-yyyy format.



Examples
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::

    date()




See Also
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+ `getdate`_ get date and time information
+ `toc`_ Read the stopwatch timer
+ `tic`_ start a stopwatch timer
+ `timer`_ cpu time
+ `etime`_ Elapsed time


.. _tic: tic.html
.. _timer: timer.html
.. _etime: etime.html
.. _getdate: getdate.html
.. _toc: toc.html