Syntax

   @Timestamp(<formatString>) 
   
Arguments

   <formatString> 
   
      Specifies how the current time is formatted when it is output.
      
      Range: String  

Description

   This functions returns the current time, formatted according to the 
   specification provided in the formatString parameter. Ordinary characters 
   placed in the format string are copied to the output without conversion. 
   Conversion specifiers are introduced by a ^ character and are replaced in the 
   formatString as follows:

   ^a 
   
      The abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale.
   
   ^A 
   
      The full weekday name according to the current locale.
   
   ^b 
   
      The abbreviated month name according to the current locale.
   
   ^B 
   
      The full month name according to the current locale.
   
   ^c 
   
      The preferred date and time representation for the current locale.
   
   ^d 
   
      The day of the month as a decimal number ranging from 00 to 31. 
   
         Note: Leading zeros will be added when the day of the month is less 
         than 10. If you want to suppress the leading zero, enter ^#d.
   
   ^H 
   
      The hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock ranging from 00 to 23.
   
   ^I 
   
      The hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock ranging from 01 to 12.
   
   ^j 
   
      The day of the year as a decimal number ranging from 001 to 366.
   
   ^m 
   
      The month as a decimal number ranging from 00 to 12.
   
         Note: Leading zeros will be added when the month is less than 10. If 
         you want to suppress the leading zero, enter ^#m.
   
   ^M 
   
      The minute as a decimal number.
   
   ^p 
   
      Either a.m. or p.m. according to the given time value, or the 
      corresponding strings for the current locale.
   
   ^S 
   
      The second as a decimal number.
   
   ^U 
   
      The week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the 
      first Sunday as the first day of the first week.
   
   ^W 
   
      The week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the 
      first Monday as the first day of the first week.
   
   ^w 
   
      The day of the week as a decimal, with Sunday being 0.
   
   ^x 
   
      The preferred date representation for the current locale without the time.
   
   ^X 
   
      The preferred time representation for the current locale without the date.
   
   ^y 
   
      The year as a decimal number without a century ranging from 00 to 99.
   
   ^Y 
   
      The year as a decimal number including the century.
   
   ^Z 
   
      The time zone or name or abbreviation.

   For example,

      @Timestamp("^Y^m^d")
   
   will return "20060913", if invoked on September 13, 2006, and
   
      @Timestamp ("^#m^d^Y")
   
   will return "9132006".
   
   Similarly, on the same day,
   
      @Timestamp("The date is: ^c")
   
   would return The date is: Fri Sep 13 16:32:48 PDT 2006.