oce (version 1.7-2)

presentTime: Get the present time, in a stated timezone

Description

Get the present time, in a stated timezone

Usage

presentTime(tz = "UTC")

Arguments

tz

String indicating the desired timezone. The default is to use UTC, which is used very commonly in oceanographic work. To get the local time, use tz="" or tz=NULL,

Value

A POSIXct()-style object holding the present time, in the indicated timezone.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
presentTime() # UTC
presentTime("") # the local timezone

# }