How to obtain the date (or datetime) from local machine using pure Mojo?

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What’s the standard way to obtain the date or datetime from the local machine using pure Mojo? I don’t see it from a quick search of the online docs, nor could kapa.ai provide a code example. Thanks!

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Hi, turns out the date command is POSIX,
so here is an quick way to get it:

from subprocess import run
def main():
    var current = run(“date”)
    print(current)

The is also external_call to do it with an libc,

but i’m not familiar with theses structs, so there was my workaround :+1:

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Excellent…that method works for me too! Thanks!!
`from subprocess import run
dt_iso_8601 = run("date --iso-8601")`

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