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<p>dates —
Returns as a string the date and time specified.
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<h2>Description</h2>
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Returns as a string the date and time specified.
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<h2>Syntax</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">Sir <span class="command"><strong>dates</strong></span> [ itime]</pre>
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<span class="emphasis"><em>itime</em></span> -- the time is seconds since the
start of the epoch. If omited or negative the current time is
taken.
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<span class="emphasis"><em>Sir</em></span> -- the date and time as a string.
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Here is an example of the dates opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/dates.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">dates.csd</em></a>.
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<strong>Example 182. Example of the dates opcode.</strong>
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<span class="nt"><CsoundSynthesizer></span>
<span class="nt"><CsOptions></span>
<span class="c1">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span>
-odac <span class="c1">;;;realtime audio out</span>
<span class="c1">;-iadc ;;;uncomment -iadc if realtime audio input is needed too</span>
<span class="c1">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span>
<span class="c1">; -o dates.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span>
<span class="nt"></CsOptions></span>
<span class="nt"><CsInstruments></span>
<span class="vg">sr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">44100</span>
<span class="vg">ksmps</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">32</span>
<span class="vg">nchnls</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">2</span>
<span class="vg">0dbfs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
<span class="nb">seed</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="c1">;each time different seed</span>
<span class="kd">instr</span> <span class="nf">1</span>
<span class="c1">;;generating a different filename each time csound renders</span>
i<span class="n">tim</span> <span class="nb">date</span>
S<span class="n">tim</span> <span class="nb">dates</span> i<span class="n">tim</span>
S<span class="n">year</span> <span class="nb">strsub</span> S<span class="n">tim</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">20</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">24</span>
S<span class="n">month</span> <span class="nb">strsub</span> S<span class="n">tim</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">7</span>
S<span class="n">day</span> <span class="nb">strsub</span> S<span class="n">tim</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">8</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">10</span>
i<span class="n">day</span> <span class="nb">strtod</span> S<span class="n">day</span>
S<span class="n">hor</span> <span class="nb">strsub</span> S<span class="n">tim</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">11</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">13</span>
S<span class="n">min</span> <span class="nb">strsub</span> S<span class="n">tim</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">14</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">16</span>
S<span class="n">sec</span> <span class="nb">strsub</span> S<span class="n">tim</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">17</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">19</span>
S<span class="n">filnam</span> <span class="nb">sprintf</span> <span class="s">"%s_%s_</span><span class="si">%02d</span><span class="s">_%s_%s_%s.wav"</span><span class="p">,</span> S<span class="n">year</span><span class="p">,</span> S<span class="n">month</span><span class="p">,</span> i<span class="n">day</span><span class="p">,</span> S<span class="n">hor</span><span class="p">,</span>S<span class="n">min</span><span class="p">,</span> S<span class="n">sec</span>
<span class="c1">;;rendering with random frequency, amp and pan, and writing to disk</span>
i<span class="n">freq</span> <span class="nb">random</span> <span class="mi">400</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1000</span>
i<span class="n">amp</span> <span class="nb">random</span> <span class="mf">.1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
i<span class="n">pan</span> <span class="nb">random</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
a<span class="n">sin</span> <span class="nb">oscils</span> i<span class="n">amp</span><span class="p">,</span> i<span class="n">freq</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">0</span>
a<span class="n">L</span><span class="p">,</span> a<span class="n">R</span> <span class="nb">pan2</span> a<span class="n">sin</span><span class="p">,</span> i<span class="n">pan</span>
<span class="nb">fout</span> S<span class="n">filnam</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">14</span><span class="p">,</span> a<span class="n">L</span><span class="p">,</span> a<span class="n">R</span>
<span class="nb">outs</span> a<span class="n">L</span><span class="p">,</span> a<span class="n">R</span>
<span class="nb">printf_i</span> <span class="s">"File '%s' written to the same directory as this CSD file is!</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s">"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> S<span class="n">filnam</span>
<span class="kd">endin</span>
<span class="nt"></CsInstruments></span>
<span class="nt"><CsScore></span>
<span class="nb">i</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="mi">0</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
<span class="nt"></CsScore></span>
<span class="nt"></CsoundSynthesizer></span>
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Its output should include lines like this:
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File '2011_Jan_05_19_14_46.wav' written to the same directory as this CSD file is!
Closing file '/home/user/csound/Output/2011_Jan_05_19_14_46.wav'...
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<h2>See Also</h2>
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<a class="link" href="date.html" title="date"><em class="citetitle">date</em></a>
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<h2>Credits</h2>
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<td>Author: John ffitch</td>
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<td>University of Bath/Codemist Ltd.</td>
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<td>Bath, UK</td>
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<td>December 2006</td>
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<p>New in Csound version 5.05</p>
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