API docs for Lua's `os` module. ## os.time(table?) Returns the current time when called without arguments, or a timestamp for a specific date when given a table. The table can contain the following fields: year (required), month (required), day (required), hour (defaults to 12), min (defaults to 0), and sec (defaults to 0). Example: ```lua -- Get current timestamp print(os.time()) -- prints: current Unix timestamp -- Get timestamp for specific date local timestamp = os.time({ year = 2020, month = 1, day = 1 }) ``` ## os.date(format?, timestamp?) Returns a string or table containing date and time, formatted according to the given format string. If timestamp is not provided, formats the current time. Format specifiers: - `%Y`: Full year (e.g., "2024") - `%y`: Year without century (e.g., "24") - `%m`: Month (01-12) - `%b`: Abbreviated month name (e.g., "Jan") - `%B`: Full month name (e.g., "January") - `%d`: Day of month (01-31) - `%e`: Day of month (1-31) - `%H`: Hour (00-23) - `%I`: Hour (01-12) - `%M`: Minute (00-59) - `%S`: Second (00-59) - `%p`: AM/PM - `%A`: Full weekday name (e.g., "Sunday") - `%a`: Abbreviated weekday name (e.g., "Sun") - `%w`: Weekday (0-6, Sunday is 0) - `%j`: Day of year (001-366) - `%Z`: Time zone name - `%z`: Time zone offset from UTC - `%%`: Literal "%" Example: ```lua -- Format specific date local date = os.date("%Y-%m-%d", os.time({ year = 2020, month = 1, day = 1 })) print(date) -- prints: 2020-01-01 -- Current date in different formats print(os.date("%Y-%m-%d")) -- prints: current date (e.g., "2024-03-14") print(os.date("%B %d, %Y")) -- prints: month day, year (e.g., "March 14, 2024") print(os.date("%I:%M %p")) -- prints: time in 12-hour format (e.g., "02:30 PM") print(os.date("%A, %B %d, %Y")) -- prints: full date (e.g., "Thursday, March 14, 2024") ```