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Stellarium API: core.getDate

core.getDate(spec) returns the current simulation time in ISO 8601 format (for example 2020-09-24T09:00:23).

The optional parameter spec is either

Unfortunately, it is not possible to create a JavaScript Date object from the returned string. The following snippet:

dtStr = core.getDate();
core.debug('dtStr = ' + dtStr);
dt    = new Date(dtStr);
core.debug(dt.toString());

prints

dtStr = 2020-09-24T09:07:25
Invalid Date

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