util.datetime API
Provides utility functions for retrieving the current or specified time in the formats specified by XEP-0082.
Using
local datetime = require "util.datetime";
Reference
In all cases, t is a Lua time value, as returned by os.time(). On most systems this is stored as the number of seconds since midnight 1970-01-01.
When t is not specified, the current time is used.
datetime.date(t)
Returns the time t (or the current time if t is nil or not given) in the format given by the 'Date' profile of XEP-0082.
An example return value is:
2009-03-29
datetime.datetime(t)
Returns the time t (or the current time if t is nil or not given) in the format given by the 'DateTime' profile of XEP-0082.
An example return value is:
2009-03-29T00:33:50Z
datetime.time(t)
Returns the time t (or the current time if t is nil or not given) in the format given by the 'Time' profile of XEP-0082.
An example return value is:
14:34:47