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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {@var{str} =} date ()
## Return the current date as a character string in the form DD-MMM-YYYY@.
##
## For example:
##
## @example
## @group
## date ()
##   @result{} 20-Aug-1993
## @end group
## @end example
## @seealso{now, clock, datestr, localtime}
## @end deftypefn

function str = date ()

  str = strftime ("%d-%b-%Y", localtime (time ()));

endfunction


%!assert (strcmp (date (), strftime ("%d-%b-%Y", localtime (time ()))))