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qzx getCurrentDateTime

What it does

Reports the current local date and time with timezone, calendar, ISO-week, and timestamp details

Command maturity: Alpha

Available for real use and feedback while its interface and behavior can still evolve. This is the current development-checkout assessment. Every future immutable release tag preserves the exact assessment shipped by that version. Available in PyPI 0.2.2.0.6a11. This page documents the 0.2.2.0.6a11 alpha development checkout.

Safety and effects

Read-only under the current classification

No documented dry-run parameter

No native program invocation in the current classification

No documented network use

No inherent elevation requirement

This safety classification was reviewed by OpenAI Codex (authorized project audit) against implementation digest sha256:270d049c5bf848ff815ac12b6cc91309cd22b84b967f82994286765141fab117 on 2026-07-30.

Exact syntax

qzx getCurrentDateTime [output_format] --json

Parameters

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NameTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
output_formatstrNo"full"Presentation format: full, simple, or iso

Input examples

qzx getCurrentDateTime

Show detailed local date, time, and calendar context

qzx getCurrentDateTime --output-format simple

Show a compact local date and time

qzx getCurrentDateTime --output-format iso

Show a timezone-aware ISO 8601 value

For the complete structured payload, add --json: qzx getCurrentDateTime [output_format] --json

Observed output example

Captured with QZX 0.2.2.0.6a11 on Windows 11; exit code 0. Host-dependent values and duration can vary.

Example command: qzx getCurrentDateTime --output-format iso --json

{
    "success": true,
    "message": "Current local date and time (ISO 8601): 2026-07-30T18:11:03.285219-05:00.",
    "output": "2026-07-30T18:11:03.285219-05:00",
    "output_format": "iso",
    "date": {
        "year": 2026,
        "month": 7,
        "month_name": "July",
        "day": 30,
        "day_of_week": "Thursday",
        "day_of_year": 211,
        "iso_week": 31,
        "iso_week_year": 2026,
        "quarter": 3,
        "is_leap_year": false
    },
    "time": {
        "hour_24": 18,
        "hour_12": 6,
        "minute": 11,
        "second": 3,
        "microsecond": 285219,
        "am_pm": "PM",
        "timezone": "Hora est. Pacífico, Sudamérica",
        "utc_offset": "-05:00"
    },
    "timestamp": 1785453063,
    "iso_format": "2026-07-30T18:11:03.285219-05:00",
    "meta": {
        "command": "getCurrentDateTime",
        "command_maturity": {
            "stage": "alpha",
            "label": "Alpha",
            "sequence": 2,
            "public_executable": true,
            "stability": "interface_may_change",
            "summary": "Available for real use and feedback while its interface and behavior can still evolve.",
            "promotion_review_required": false,
            "assessment_scope": "development_checkout"
        },
        "duration_ms": 4.922,
        "schema_version": 1
    }
}
View the JSON result contract
{
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "required": [
        "success",
        "message",
        "meta"
    ],
    "properties": {
        "success": {
            "type": "boolean"
        },
        "message": {
            "type": "string"
        },
        "meta": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
                "command",
                "command_maturity",
                "duration_ms",
                "schema_version"
            ],
            "properties": {
                "command": {
                    "type": "string"
                },
                "command_maturity": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": [
                        "stage",
                        "label",
                        "sequence",
                        "public_executable",
                        "stability",
                        "summary",
                        "promotion_review_required",
                        "assessment_scope"
                    ],
                    "properties": {
                        "stage": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "label": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "sequence": {
                            "type": "integer"
                        },
                        "public_executable": {
                            "type": "boolean"
                        },
                        "stability": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "summary": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "promotion_review_required": {
                            "type": "boolean"
                        },
                        "assessment_scope": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "note": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "review": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "required": [
                                "reviewed_on",
                                "rationale",
                                "evidence"
                            ],
                            "properties": {
                                "reviewed_on": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "format": "date"
                                },
                                "rationale": {
                                    "type": "string"
                                },
                                "evidence": {
                                    "type": "array",
                                    "minItems": 1,
                                    "items": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                },
                                "replacement": {
                                    "type": "string"
                                }
                            },
                            "additionalProperties": false
                        }
                    },
                    "additionalProperties": true
                },
                "duration_ms": {
                    "type": "number"
                },
                "schema_version": {
                    "type": "integer"
                }
            },
            "additionalProperties": true
        },
        "date": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
                "year": [],
                "month": [],
                "month_name": [],
                "day": [],
                "day_of_week": [],
                "day_of_year": [],
                "iso_week": [],
                "iso_week_year": [],
                "quarter": [],
                "is_leap_year": []
            },
            "additionalProperties": true
        },
        "details": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
                "received": [],
                "supported": []
            },
            "additionalProperties": true
        },
        "error": {
            "type": "string"
        },
        "error_code": {
            "type": "string"
        },
        "iso_format": [],
        "output": [],
        "output_format": [],
        "time": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
                "hour_24": [],
                "hour_12": [],
                "minute": [],
                "second": [],
                "microsecond": [],
                "am_pm": [],
                "timezone": [],
                "utc_offset": []
            },
            "additionalProperties": true
        },
        "timestamp": []
    },
    "additionalProperties": true
}

Errors and limits

The public contract requires success=false and a descriptive message on failure. This catalog does not yet declare a command-specific error taxonomy; inspect the result and do not invent error codes.

QZX is alpha software. Optional dependencies, permissions, and host capabilities can change the result.

Evidence workflow: captured and digest-validated.

Evidence and provenance

Documentation channel
Development documentation 0.2.2.0.6a11 · main · sha256:d1bf56371df81b2a79619d8219eed92ccf790be1584c528e211381ca7aa85302
Availability
0.2.2.0.6a11 or earlier

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