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<p>dates —
Returns as a string the date and time specified.
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Returns as a string the date and time specified.
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<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 152. Example of the dates opcode.</strong>
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<span class="csdtag"><CsoundSynthesizer></span>
<span class="csdtag"><CsOptions></span>
<span class="comment">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span>
-odac <span class="comment">;;;realtime audio out</span>
<span class="comment">;-iadc ;;;uncomment -iadc if realtime audio input is needed too</span>
<span class="comment">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span>
<span class="comment">; -o dates.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span>
<span class="csdtag"></CsOptions></span>
<span class="csdtag"><CsInstruments></span>
<span class="ohdr">sr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 44100
<span class="ohdr">ksmps</span> <span class="op">=</span> 32
<span class="ohdr">nchnls</span> <span class="op">=</span> 2
<span class="ohdr">0dbfs</span> <span class="op">=</span> 1
<span class="ohdr">seed</span> 0 <span class="comment">;each time different seed</span>
<span class="oblock">instr</span> 1
<span class="comment">;;generating a different filename each time csound renders</span>
itim <span class="opc">date</span>
Stim <span class="opc">dates</span> itim
Syear <span class="opc">strsub</span> Stim, 20, 24
Smonth <span class="opc">strsub</span> Stim, 4, 7
Sday <span class="opc">strsub</span> Stim, 8, 10
iday <span class="opc">strtod</span> Sday
Shor <span class="opc">strsub</span> Stim, 11, 13
Smin <span class="opc">strsub</span> Stim, 14, 16
Ssec <span class="opc">strsub</span> Stim, 17, 19
Sfilnam <span class="opc">sprintf</span> "<span class="op">%</span>s_<span class="op">%</span>s_<span class="op">%</span>02d_<span class="op">%</span>s_<span class="op">%</span>s_<span class="op">%</span>s.wav", Syear, Smonth, iday, Shor,Smin, Ssec
<span class="comment">;;rendering with random frequency, amp and pan, and writing to disk</span>
ifreq <span class="opc">random</span> 400, 1000
iamp <span class="opc">random</span> .1, 1
ipan <span class="opc">random</span> 0, 1
asin <span class="opc">oscils</span> iamp, ifreq, 0
aL, aR <span class="opc">pan2</span> asin, ipan
<span class="opc">fout</span> Sfilnam, 14, aL, aR
<span class="opc">outs</span> aL, aR
<span class="opc">printf_i</span> "File '<span class="op">%</span>s' written to the same directory as this CSD file is!\n", 1, Sfilnam
<span class="oblock">endin</span>
<span class="csdtag"></CsInstruments></span>
<span class="csdtag"><CsScore></span>
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 0 1
<span class="csdtag"></CsScore></span>
<span class="csdtag"></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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<a class="link" href="date.html" title="date"><em class="citetitle">date</em></a>
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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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