[Haskell-beginners] get date

[Brandon S Allbery KF8NH]

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On 6/24/10 03:52 , Luca Ciciriello wrote:
> Just a question.
> How can I obtain a String from
> 
> currentTime :: IO Day
> currentTime =  utctDay `fmap` getCurrentTime
> 
> Here currentTime returns to me 2010-06-24, but I want "2010-06-24".
> In another worlds I need a function 
> 
> currentTimeStr :: IO Day -> String

You can't escape from IO, but you can lift a formatter into IO.  Formatters
are in Data.Time.Format; look at the documentation for your system's
strftime() function to see how it works.

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