Get Date and Time in different Formats in R Programming – date(), Sys.Date(), Sys.time() and Sys.timezone() Function

date() function in R Language is used to return the current date and time.

Syntax: date()

Parameters:
Does not accept any parameters

Example:

# R program to illustrate
# date function

# Calling date() function to
# return current date and time
date()

Output:

[1] "Thu Jun 11 04:29:39 2020"

Sys.Date() Function

Sys.Date() function is used to return the system’s date.

Syntax: Sys.Date()

Parameters:
Does not accept any parameters

Example:

# R program to illustrate
# Sys.Date function

# Calling Sys.Date() function to
# return the system's date
Sys.Date()

Output:

[1] "2020-06-11"

Sys.time()

Sys.time() function is used to return the system’s date and time.

Syntax: Sys.time()

Parameters:
Does not accept any parameters

Example:

# R program to illustrate
# Sys.time function

# Calling Sys.time() function to
# return the system's date and time
Sys.time()

Output:

[1] "2020-06-11 05:35:49 UTC"

Sys.timezone()

Sys.timezone() function is used to return the current time zone.

Syntax: Sys.timezone()

Parameters:
Does not accept any parameters

Example:

# R program to illustrate
# Sys.timezone function

# Calling Sys.timezone() function to
# return the current time zone
Sys.timezone()

Output:

[1] "Etc/UTC"