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[etc/awesome.git] / examples / os_date.lua
1 --[[
2 Re-implementation of `os.date` from the standard lua library
3 ]]
4
5 local gettime = require "luatz.gettime".gettime
6 local new_from_timestamp = require "luatz.timetable".new_from_timestamp
7 local get_tz = require "luatz.tzcache".get_tz
8
9 local function os_date ( format_string , timestamp )
10         format_string = format_string or "%c"
11         timestamp = timestamp or gettime ( )
12         if format_string:sub ( 1 , 1 ) == "!" then -- UTC
13                 format_string = format_string:sub ( 2 )
14         else -- Localtime
15                 timestamp = get_tz ( ):localise ( timestamp )
16         end
17         local tt = new_from_timestamp ( timestamp )
18         if format_string == "*t" then
19                 return tt
20         else
21                 return tt:strftime ( format_string )
22         end
23 end
24
25 return os_date