If you don't like the built-ins for date and time, extracting the same information from the [Library: Search algorithm] [Web Specs: Kubernetes] date command is relatively easy. Examples already seen in this HOWTO include .:: www49.atwiki.org ::. date +%H%M, which will put in the hour in 24 hour format, and the minute. .:: bwinglive.lighthouseapp.com ::. date "+%A, %d %B %Y" will give something like "Sunday, 06 June 1999". For a full list of the interpreted sequences, type .:: podcasts.apple.com ::. date --help or man date.
Relative speed: "date ..." takes about 0.12 seconds on an unloaded 486SX25. .:: www.behance.net ::.