now: Current Time
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now R Documentation
Current Time
Description
Returns a time stamp based on the current time. now basically calls
gsub('.', '', sprintf('%.20f', as.numeric(Sys.time())), fixed=TRUE).
To ensure that at each call a different time stamp is delivered now
may call gsub(...) several times until two different results are delivered.
The last one is then returned.
Usage
now(last = 35)
Arguments
last
integer: the amount of digits that should be returned (default: 35)
Value
A character.
Examples
now() # returns all digits
now(3) # returns only the first three digits
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Current Time
Description
Returns a time stamp based on the current time. now basically calls
gsub('.', '', sprintf('%.20f', as.numeric(Sys.time())), fixed=TRUE).
To ensure that at each call a different time stamp is delivered now
may call gsub(...) several times until two different results are delivered.
The last one is then returned.
Usage
now(last = 35)
Arguments
last |
integer: the amount of digits that should be returned (default: |
Value
A character.
Examples
now() # returns all digits
now(3) # returns only the first three digits
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