time.q

Time Accessor and Utility Library

This library includes time accessor and utility functions for time/dates.

.time.isWeekday

Returns a boolean true if the specified date falls between Monday and Friday. Otherwise, it returns false.

.time.getDay

Returns a 3 letter symbol signifying the day of a specified date. These constants are set by .time.c.days and can be overridden if required.

q) .time.getDay 2018.07.21
`sat

.time.nowForFileName

Takes the current time and formats it specifically for use in file names. The output format is 'yyyymmdd_hhMMss_SSS'

q) .time.nowForFileName[]
"20180725_123248_906"

.time.todayForFileName

Takes the current date and formats it specifically for use in file names. The output format is 'yyyymmdd'

q) .time.todayForFileName[]
"20180725"