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<p>Write a string representation of the current date
and/or time to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;output_variable&gt;</span></code>.</p>
<p>If the command is unable to obtain a timestamp, the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;output_variable&gt;</span></code>
will be set to the empty stri