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21## @deftypefn {Function File} {} date ()
22## Return the date as a character string in the form DD-MMM-YY. For
28## @result{} "20-Aug-93"
35function retval = date ()
37 retval = strftime ("%d-%b-%Y", localtime (time ()));
41%!assert(strcmp (date (), strftime ("%d-%b-%Y", localtime (time ()))));