Date tools

Functions
	getMonthDays (month, year)
	get the number of day for a month depending of the year
	isDateString (date)
	test if a date string is valid
	getSecondsFromDateTime (day, month, year, hours, minutes, seconds)
	get the number of seconds from a complete date time
	getDateTimeFromString (date)
	get the decomposed date time from a string date
	getCurrentDateTime (mode)
	get the current date time
	getCurrentTime (mode)
	get the current time

Detailed Description

Date tools

Function Documentation

getMonthDays()

getMonthDays	(	month	,
		year
	)

get the number of day for a month depending of the year

Prototype: fun [I I] I

Parameters

I	: the month
I	: the year

Returns

I : the number of days

isDateString()

isDateString

(

date

)

test if a date string is valid

Prototype: fun [S] I

Parameters

S	: the date in string format ("Tue Jan 21 11:24:53 1997")

Returns

I : 1 if valid, 0 otherwise

getSecondsFromDateTime()

getSecondsFromDateTime	(	day	,
		month	,
		year	,
		hours	,
		minutes	,
		seconds
	)

get the number of seconds from a complete date time

Prototype: fun [I I I I I I] I

Parameters

I	: the day
I	: the month
I	: the year
I	: the hours
I	: the minutes
I	: the seconds

Returns

I : the number of seconds from 1970

getDateTimeFromString()

getDateTimeFromString

(

date

)

get the decomposed date time from a string date

Prototype: fun [S] [I I I I I I]

Parameters

S	: the date in string format ("Tue Jan 21 11:24:53 1997")

Returns

[I I I I I I] : return nil is the input string is not a valid date \I : the day \I : the month \I : the year \I : the hours \I : the minutes \I : the seconds

getCurrentDateTime()

getCurrentDateTime

(

mode

)

get the current date time

Prototype: fun [I] [I I I I I I]

Parameters

I	: 0 or nil for local time, 1 for GMT

Returns

[I I I I I I] : \I : the day \I : the month \I : the year \I : the hours \I : the minutes \I : the seconds

getCurrentTime()

getCurrentTime

(

mode

)

get the current time

Prototype: fun [I] [I I I]

Parameters

I	: 0 or nil for local time, 1 for GMT

Returns

[I I I] : \I : the hours \I : the minutes \I : the seconds