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<refentry id="panda_nowdate">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>panda_nowdate</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
</refmeta>

<refnamediv>
<refname>panda_nowdate</refname>
<refpurpose>return the string for now</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
 #include&amp;lt;panda/constants.h&amp;gt;
 #include&amp;lt;panda/functions.h&amp;gt;
 void panda_nowdate ();

</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>&lt;command&gt;PANDA INTERNAL&lt;/command&gt;. The function nowdate generates a date that is suitable to be embedded into a PDF. This date will include information about the timezone in which the PDF was created and the relationship that this timezone has with GMT (Zulu) time. Mostly this function is used internally within Panda, and should not concern the avaerage programmer too much. This version takes no input, and makes a date for the current time.</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
<title>RETURNS</title>
<para>The current time in PDF format in a null terminated string.</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
<title>EXAMPLE</title>
<programlisting>
 #include&amp;lt;panda/constants.h&amp;gt;
 #include&amp;lt;panda/functions.h&amp;gt;
 printf("The time now is %s\n", panda_nowdate());
</programlisting>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para>panda_makedate</para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
    <title>VERSION</title>
    <para>
This documentation was generated for <command>Panda</command> 0.5.2 by <command>autodocbook</command> (http://www.stillhq.com).
    </para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
    <title>AUTHOR</title>
    <para>
<command>Panda</command> is under development by Michael Still (mikal@stillhq.com). All code is Copyright Michael Still 2000 - 2003,  and is released under the GNU GPL. Code submissions are welcomed. Contact Michael at the address above if you have something you would like to contribute.
</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
    <title>BUGS</title>
    <para>
There  are no known bugs in <command>Panda</command>. If you find one, please contact mikal@stillhq.com and let me know.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
