Datetime:format([dateformat], [timeformat]) method
Formats the Datetime value as a string.
Parameters
dateformat
An optional string representing the format for the date part. For only formatting the time part, use nil in place. The format tokens accepted are :
- Year : "y" or "yy" for short format of the Year, and "yyyy" for the long format.
- Month :"M" or "MM" for short format of the Month, and "MMMM" for the long format.
- Day : "d" or "dd" for short format of the Day, and "dddd" for the long format.
timeformat
An optional string representing the format for the time part. For only formatting the date part, omit that argument. The format tokens accepted are :
- Hours (12-hour clock): "h", or "hh" with a leading zero.
- Hours (24-hour clock): "H, or "HH" with aleading zero.
- Minutes :"m" or "mm" with a leading zero.
- Seconds : "s" or "ss" with a leading zero
- Time marker : "t or "tt" for AM/PM time marker.
Return value
This function returns the formatted string.Example
-- get current date and time
local today = sys.Datetime()
-- prints only the current time, not the date
print("Current time = "..today:format(nil, "HH:mm:ss"))