| Sys.time {base} | R Documentation |
Get Current Date and Time
Description
Sys.time and Sys.Date returns the system's idea of the
current date with and without time.
Usage
Sys.time()
Sys.Date()
Details
Sys.time returns an absolute date-time value which can be
converted in various time zones and may return different days.
Sys.Date returns the day in the current timezone.
Value
Sys.time returns an object of class "POSIXct" (see
DateTimeClasses). On some systems it will have sub-second
accuracy, but on others it will increment in seconds.
On systems conforming to POSIX 1003.1-2001 the time will be reported
in microsecond increments.
Sys.Date returns an object of class "Date" (see Date).
See Also
date for the system time in a fixed-format character
string; the elapsed time component of proc.time
for possibly finer resolution in changes in time.
Sys.timezone.
Examples
Sys.time()
## print with possibly greater accuracy:
op <- options(digits.secs=6)
Sys.time()
options(op)
## locale-specific version of date()
format(Sys.time(), "%a %b %d %X %Y")
Sys.Date()