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26## -*- texinfo -*-
27## @deftypefn {} {} date ()
28## Return the current date as a character string in the form DD-MMM-YYYY@.
29##
30## For example:
31##
32## @example
33## @group
34## date ()
35##   @result{} 20-Aug-1993
36## @end group
37## @end example
38## @seealso{now, clock, datestr, localtime}
39## @end deftypefn
40
41function retval = date ()
42
43  if (nargin != 0)
44    print_usage ();
45  endif
46
47  retval = strftime ("%d-%b-%Y", localtime (time ()));
48
49endfunction
50
51
52%!assert (strcmp (date (), strftime ("%d-%b-%Y", localtime (time ()))))
53
54## Test input validation
55%!error date (1)
56