time

returns the current time.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android Introduced: 1.0 Security:

# Syntax

the [{ long | abbreviated | short }] [{ english | system }] time

# Examples

set the lastModifiedTime of this card to the time

set the label of button "Clock" to the short system time

# Description

Use the time function to display the current time to the user, or to store the time for later use.

If the twelveHourTime property is set to false, the value return by the time function does not include "AM" or "PM".

The format of the system time forms is set by the Date & Time control panel (on Mac OS systems), the Date control panel (on Windows), or the LANG environment variable (on Unix).

>*Note:* Linux systems don't have a short system time, so the engine > modifies the system time format string to remove the seconds. This > works in most locales, but not all and our advice is to stick to using > the long system time on Linux systems.

# Tags

math,

# See

- **keyword:** system, english, abbreviated - **property:** useSystemDate - **command:** convert - **function:** ticks - **control structure:** function - **glossary:** property, Windows, Unix, format, return