4.70 now - Current Time

Format: now()

The now function returns current time in time format.

Example

Example 1: Basic Example

$ more dat1.csv
id
1
2
$ mcal c='now()' a=rsl i=dat1.csv o=rsl1.csv
#END# kgcal a=rsl c=now() i=dat1.csv o=rsl1.csv
$ more rsl1.csv
id,rsl
1,20131102132754
2,20131102132754

Example 2: Extract time from time formatted data

$ mcal c='time(now())' a=rsl i=dat1.csv o=rsl2.csv
#END# kgcal a=rsl c=time(now()) i=dat1.csv o=rsl2.csv
$ more rsl2.csv
id,rsl
1,132754
2,132754

Example 3: Extract date from time formatted data

$ mcal c='date(now())' a=rsl i=dat1.csv o=rsl3.csv
#END# kgcal a=rsl c=date(now()) i=dat1.csv o=rsl3.csv
$ more rsl3.csv
id,rsl
1,20131102
2,20131102