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-wrong parameter ("Arma") defined!-1.00

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Description:: Return the actual mission date and time as an array [year, month, day, hour, minute]. Month is a full number between 1 and 12, day is between 1 and 31, hour is between 0 and 23 and minute is between 0 and 59.
Multiplayer:: Returns the current local in game date.
Groups:: Uncategorised

Example 1:: _now = date; // _now = [2014,10,30,2,30] (Oct. 30th, 2:30am) _hour = _now select 3; _min = _now select 4;
Example 2:: if (date select 3 >= 19) then { // 7pm hintSilent "ah, Arma sunset"; //...cue bad guys };

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-| [[Array]] <nowiki>=</nowiki> '''date''' |= Syntax
+| '''date''' |= Syntax
-| [year, month, day, hour, minute]: [[Array]] |= Return value
+| [[Array]]: [year, month, day, hour, minute] |= Return value
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 |x1=<code>_now = [[date]];   // _now = [2014,10,30,2,30] ''(Oct. 30th, 2:30am)''
 _hour = _now [[select]] 3;
 _min  = _now [[select]] 4;</code> |=Example 1
-|x2=<code>[[waitUntil]] {[[date]] [[select]] 3 >= 19};  ''// 7pm''
+|x2=<code>[[if]] ([[date]] [[select]] 3 >= 19) [[then]] {  ''// 7pm''
     [[hintSilent]] "ah, Arma sunset";  ''//...cue bad guys''
+};
 </code> |=Example 2