Find the current date:

Convert a date object to a date list:

Convert an absolute time to a date list:

Expand an elided date list:

Convert a date string to a date list:

Specify date elements for converting a string:

Date lists are converted to standard normalized form:

Strings are automatically interpreted when possible:

Separators are assumed if not specified:

Give explicit separators:

Day, hour, minute, and second values can be nonintegers:

The current year is used if not specified in a string:

Give explicit date elements to interpret ambiguous strings:

Specify interpretation of a string in a standard format:

DateObject represents a date specification:

AbsoluteTime represents dates as seconds since the beginning of 1900:

DateList represents dates as lists of date elements:

DateString represents dates as strings:

Use DateListPlot to plot data with date list coordinates:

Use DatePlus to add time units to a date list:

Use DateDifference to find the number of time units between dates:

Use NumericalOrder to determine the order of dates:

The canonicalization performed by DateList is significant:

Year and month must be integers because the lengths of years and months vary:

There is no

month or day: