LUA Date Time example V0.1
started 01:49:45 PM Sun Sep 16, 2012
Atlantic Daylight Time

this program demonstrates some Date/Time stuff from online LUA docs

elapsed time: 0.03 cpu secs

LUA Date Time example V0.1
ended 01:49:45 PM Sun Sep 16, 2012

-- LUA Date Time example V0.1
--
-- Writes date time stamp at beginning end plus CPU secs used
-- adapted from LUA online doc 22.1 Date and Time
-- http://www.lua.org/pil/22.1.html
--
-- by gramps (John McLeod)
-- V0.1 -- September 16, 2012
--
progname = "LUA Date Time example V0.1"
--
-- MAIN stuff
--
-- print program name and date/time stamp at start
print(progname)
-- e.g. "started 01:42:47 PM Sun Sep 16, 2012"
-- see http://www.lua.org/pil/22.1.html for further options
print(os.date("started %I:%M:%S %p %a %b %d, %Y"))
print(os.date("%z")) -- time zone
print("")
--
print("this program demonstrates some Date/Time stuff from online LUA docs")
print("")
--
-- The following is copied directly from the Doc 22.1 page:
--
-- The os.clock function returns the number of seconds of CPU time
-- for the program. Its typical use is to benchmark a piece of code:
--
local x = os.clock()
local s = 0
for i=1,1000 do s = s + i end -- to 100000 in original
print(string.format("elapsed time: %.2f cpu secs\n", os.clock() - x))
--
-- print program name and date/time stamp at end
print(progname)
print(os.date("ended %I:%M:%S %p %a %b %d, %Y"))
print(os.date("%z")) -- time zone
--
-- end LUA Date Time example V0.1