print current time in Julia

Question

Is there an elegant way of printing the current time in Julia?

println("$(Dates.hour(now())):$(Dates.minute(now()))")

would inelegantly and incorrectly print 12.01pm as 12:1.

Answer 1

You could use Dates.format to format your date/times (check here for formating instructions). For your given example:

>>> Dates.format(now(), "HH:MM")  
"13:18"

>>> typeof(ans)
ASCIIString

The return of Dates.format is a string itself (which is instantly printed in a REPL or you can print it with any printing function).