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Description:: Return the actual in-mission date and time.
Multiplayer:: Returns the current local (MP client) in-game date.
Clients' local date is automatically and periodically synchronised with the server date.
Groups:: Environment

Example 1:: // in Arma 3 date params ["_year", "_month", "_day", "_hours", "_minutes"]; // pre Arma 3 _now = date; // [2014,10,30,2,30] a.k.a Oct. 30th, 2:30am _year = _now select 0; _month = _now select 1; _day = _now select 2; _hours = _now select 3; _minutes = _now select 4;
Example 2:: if (date select 3 >= 19) then // 7pm { hintSilent "ah, Arma sunset"; // ...cue bad guys };

See also:: setDate dateToNumber numberToDate time missionStart systemTime systemTimeUTC

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: Posted on January 23, 2018 - 23:35 (UTC)
Lou Montana: a useful script to format the date: _curDate = date; private _ddMMyyyy = format ["%3/%2/%1", _curDate select 0, (if (_curDate select 1 < 10) then { "0" } else { "" }) + str (_curDate select 1), (if (_curDate select 2 < 10) then { "0" } else { "" }) + str (_curDate select 2) ]; it can be shortened to: (no intermediary variable but more request to date) private _ddMMyyyy = format ["%3/%2/%1", date select 0, (if (date select 1 < 10) then { "0" } else { "" }) + str (date select 1), (if (date select 2 < 10) then { "0" } else { "" }) + str (date select 2) ]; EDIT: or to private _ddMMyyyy = format ["%4%5/%2%3/%1", date select 0, ["", "0"] select (date select 1 < 10), date select 1, ["", "0"] select (date select 2 < 10), date select 2 ];

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 |descr= Return the actual in-mission date and time.
-|mp= Returns the current '''local''' in-game date. {{Feature|arma3 |Clients' local date is [[Multiplayer Scripting#Join In Progress|automatically and periodically synchronised]] with the server date.}}
+|mp= Returns the current '''local''' (MP client) in-game date.
+{{Feature|arma3 |Clients' local date is [[Multiplayer Scripting#JIP Synchronisation|automatically and periodically synchronised]] with the server date.}}
 |s1= [[date]]
-|r1= [[Date]] - In format [[Date|date]]
+|r1= [[Array]] - [[Date]] format
-|x1=<code>_now = [[date]]; {{cc|[2014,10,30,2,30] ''(Oct. 30th, 2:30am)''}}
+|x1= <code>{{cc|in {{arma3}}}}
-_hour = _now [[select]] 3;
+[[date]] [[params]] ["_year", "_month", "_day", "_hours", "_minutes"];
-_min  = _now [[select]] 4;</code>
-|x2=<code>[[if]] ([[date]] [[select]] 3 >= 19) [[then]] { {{cc|7pm}}
+{{cc|pre {{arma3}}}}
-	[[hintSilent]] "ah, Arma sunset"; {{cc|...cue bad guys}}
+_now = [[date]];	{{cc|[2014,10,30,2,30] a.k.a Oct. 30th, 2:30am}}
+_year		= _now [[select]] 0;
+_month		= _now [[select]] 1;
+_day		= _now [[select]] 2;
+_hours		= _now [[select]] 3;
+_minutes	= _now [[select]] 4;</code>
+|x2= <code>[[if]] ([[date]] [[select]] 3 >= 19) [[then]]		{{cc|7pm}}
+{
+	[[hintSilent]] "ah, Arma sunset";	{{cc|...cue bad guys}}
 };</code>