localtime

Synopsis

(localtime)

Parameters

Description

Side Effects

Return Value

Returns the local date and time as a string in RFC3339 format.

Example

> (localtime)
"2021-06-30 15:03:45"
>

On Linux (with available framebuffer access) this implements a very simple digital clock:

(define (loop)
 (define b (bitmap-scale-absolute
   (bitmap-invert
     (string->bitmap (localtime))) (/ (framebuffer-width fb) 2) 0))
 (framebuffer-setcursor! fb
   (/ (framebuffer-width fb) 4) (/ (framebuffer-height fb) 2))
 (framebuffer-display! fb b)
 (usleep 100000)
 (loop))

(define fb (framebuffer-create))
(loop)