Re: [Haskell-beginners] get date

Starting from the beginning, my original problem is to create the string: "File creation date: " ++ currentSystemDate ++ " by MyCompany" to obtain the string "File creation date: 2010-06-24 by MyCompany" Probably this is really trivial, but I'm a real beginner in Haskell and this seems to me a big problem. Luca. On Jun 24, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Ozgur Akgun wrote:

On 24 June 2010 10:52, 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

I bet Day has a Show instance (that's why you get 2010-06-24 in ghci I suppose) Just use that.

currentTimeStr :: IO Day -> String

Getting out of IO? I would think again. Following might be what you really want:

currentTimeStr :: IO Day -> IO String

Any Idea?

Luca.

Best, Ozgur