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Ricardo
Ricardo

Reputation: 12069

Getting current date and time in JavaScript

I have a script that prints the current date and time in JavaScript, but the DATE is always wrong. Here is the code:

var currentdate = new Date();
var datetime = "Last Sync: " + currentdate.getDay() + "/" + currentdate.getMonth() 
+ "/" + currentdate.getFullYear() + " @ " 
+ currentdate.getHours() + ":" 
+ currentdate.getMinutes() + ":" + currentdate.getSeconds();

It should print 18/04/2012 15:07:33 and prints 3/3/2012 15:07:33

Upvotes: 694

Views: 1954295

Answers (30)

Kamil Kiełczewski
Kamil Kiełczewski

Reputation: 92377

Short

Improving Steve's answer to get exactly what OP asked:

new Date().toLocaleString().replace(',','')


console.log(new Date().toLocaleString().replace(',',''));

Upvotes: 36

ABDULRAHMAN ALKHAMEES
ABDULRAHMAN ALKHAMEES

Reputation: 19

Current Long (Live) time format: Detailed

Here is my work around clock full format with day, date, year and time and make Sure the date of your PC is set to the right date and if you are using PHP make sure in php.ini date.timezone= xx where xx your current timezone 

function startTime()
{
    var today=new Date();
    //                   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10    11  12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33
    var suffixes = ['','st','nd','rd','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','st','nd','rd','th','th','th','th','th','th','th','st','nd','rd'];

    var weekday = new Array(7);
    weekday[0] = "Sunday";
    weekday[1] = "Monday";
    weekday[2] = "Tuesday";
    weekday[3] = "Wednesday";
    weekday[4] = "Thursday";
    weekday[5] = "Friday";
    weekday[6] = "Saturday";

    var month = new Array(12);
    month[0] = "January";
    month[1] = "February";
    month[2] = "March";
    month[3] = "April";
    month[4] = "May";
    month[5] = "June";
    month[6] = "July";
    month[7] = "August";
    month[8] = "September";
    month[9] = "October";
    month[10] = "November";
    month[11] = "December";

    document.getElementById('txt').innerHTML=(weekday[today.getDay()] + ',' + " " + today.getDate()+'<sup>'+suffixes[today.getDate()]+'</sup>' + ' of' + " " + month[today.getMonth()] + " " + today.getFullYear() + ' Time Now ' + today.toLocaleTimeString());
    t=setTimeout(function(){startTime()},500);
}
<style>
sup {
        vertical-align: super;
        font-size: smaller;
    }
</style>
<html>
<body onload="startTime()">
<div id="txt"></div>
</body>
</html>

Upvotes: 0

video-reviews.net
video-reviews.net

Reputation: 2926

For true mysql style output use this function below: 2023-11-28 15:33:12

  • If you click the 'Run code snippet' button below
  • It will show you an simple realtime digital clock example
  • The demo will appear below the code snippet.

function getDateTime() {
        var now     = new Date(); 
        var year    = now.getFullYear();
        var month   = now.getMonth()+1; 
        var day     = now.getDate();
        var hour    = now.getHours();
        var minute  = now.getMinutes();
        var second  = now.getSeconds(); 
        if(month.toString().length == 1) {
             month = '0'+month;
        }
        if(day.toString().length == 1) {
             day = '0'+day;
        }   
        if(hour.toString().length == 1) {
             hour = '0'+hour;
        }
        if(minute.toString().length == 1) {
             minute = '0'+minute;
        }
        if(second.toString().length == 1) {
             second = '0'+second;
        }   
        var dateTime = year+'-'+month+'-'+day+' '+hour+':'+minute+':'+second;   
         return dateTime;
    }

    // example usage: realtime clock
    setInterval(function(){
        currentTime = getDateTime();
        document.getElementById("digital-clock").innerHTML = currentTime;
    }, 1000);
<div id="digital-clock"></div>

Upvotes: 93

Harivardhan Yekula
Harivardhan Yekula

Reputation: 11

let currentTime = `${new Date().getHours()}:${new Date().getMinutes()}:${new Date().getSeconds()}

Upvotes: 0

krishnaacharyaa
krishnaacharyaa

Reputation: 24940

By using default Date()

const now = new Date();
console.log(now); // Output: Thu Sep 23 2021 13:24:52 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

For different date and time formats you can use toLocaleString():

  1. Short date format: MM/DD/YYYY 
    const now = new Date();
const formattedDate = now.toLocaleString('en-US', { dateStyle: 'short' });
console.log(formattedDate);
// Output: "9/23/2021"
  2. Long date format: Weekday, Month Day, Year 
    const now = new Date();
const formattedDate = now.toLocaleString('en-US', { weekday: 'long', year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' });
console.log(formattedDate);
// Output: "Thursday, September 23, 2021"
  3. Short time format: HH:MM AM/PM 
    const now = new Date();
const formattedDate = now.toLocaleString('en-US', { timeStyle: 'short' });
console.log(formattedDate);
// Output: "1:24 PM"
  4. Long time format: HH:MM:SS AM/PM Timezone 
    const now = new Date();
const formattedDate = now.toLocaleString('en-US', { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric', second: 'numeric', hour12: true, timeZoneName: 'short' });
console.log(formattedDate);
// Output: "1:24:52 PM EDT"
  5. ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ 
    const now = new Date();
const isoDate = now.toISOString();
console.log(isoDate);
// Output: "2021-09-23T17:24:52.740Z"

Upvotes: 11

Aryan pidiha
Aryan pidiha

Reputation: 1

we can use : new Date().toLocaleDateString() to fetch current date and new Date().toLocaleTimeString() to fetch current time

Ex:

const date = new Date().toLocaleDateString();
const time = new Date().toLocaleTimeString();

Upvotes: 0

Chanuga Jayathilaka
Chanuga Jayathilaka

Reputation: 185

Try with this:

var today = new Date();
var date = today.getFullYear()+'-'+(today.getMonth()+1)+'-'+today.getDate();
var time = today.getHours() + ":" + today.getMinutes() + ":" + today.getSeconds();
var dateTime = date+' '+time;

Output:

2022-3-3 15:52:45

Upvotes: -2

Animesh Raj
Animesh Raj

Reputation: 101

Short and simple:-

console.log(new Date().toLocaleString());

Reference

Upvotes: 9

pankaj
pankaj

Reputation: 1906

This example of UK Time Zone.. set offset for specific Time Zone. Example : for India : +05:30 , UK : +1

 function realUKTime() {
        // create Date object for current location
        var d = new Date();
        offset ='+1';
       
        // convert to msec
        // subtract local time zone offset
        // get UTC time in msec
        var utc = d.getTime() + (d.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000);

        // create new Date object for different city
        // using supplied offset
        var nd = new Date(utc + (3600000*offset));

        // return time as a string
        var s = nd.getSeconds();
        var i = nd.getMinutes();
        var h = nd.getHours();
        var cDate =  nd.getDate();
        var m =  nd.getUTCMonth();
        var y = nd.getFullYear();

       var newUkTime = nd.toDateString() + " "+ (Number(h)-1)+":"+i+':'+s
        $("#realTime").html(newUkTime);

    }

    setInterval(realUKTime(),1000);

Output :: Mon Dec 27 2021 12:6:3

Upvotes: -1

Nis023
Nis023

Reputation: 71

const date = new Date()
console.log(date.toLocaleTimeString("en-us", {timeStyle: "medium"})) // Only Time 
console.log(date.toLocaleString()) // For both Date and Time

For Documentation

Upvotes: 5

Mark Walters
Mark Walters

Reputation: 12390

.getMonth() returns a zero-based number so to get the correct month you need to add 1, so calling .getMonth() in may will return 4 and not 5.

So in your code we can use currentdate.getMonth()+1 to output the correct value. In addition:

  • .getDate() returns the day of the month <- this is the one you want
  • .getDay() is a separate method of the Date object which will return an integer representing the current day of the week (0-6) 0 == Sunday etc

so your code should look like this:

var currentdate = new Date(); 
var datetime = "Last Sync: " + currentdate.getDate() + "/"
                + (currentdate.getMonth()+1)  + "/" 
                + currentdate.getFullYear() + " @ "  
                + currentdate.getHours() + ":"  
                + currentdate.getMinutes() + ":" 
                + currentdate.getSeconds();

JavaScript Date instances inherit from Date.prototype. You can modify the constructor's prototype object to affect properties and methods inherited by JavaScript Date instances

You can make use of the Date prototype object to create a new method which will return today's date and time. These new methods or properties will be inherited by all instances of the Date object thus making it especially useful if you need to re-use this functionality.

// For todays date;
Date.prototype.today = function () { 
    return ((this.getDate() < 10)?"0":"") + this.getDate() +"/"+(((this.getMonth()+1) < 10)?"0":"") + (this.getMonth()+1) +"/"+ this.getFullYear();
}

// For the time now
Date.prototype.timeNow = function () {
     return ((this.getHours() < 10)?"0":"") + this.getHours() +":"+ ((this.getMinutes() < 10)?"0":"") + this.getMinutes() +":"+ ((this.getSeconds() < 10)?"0":"") + this.getSeconds();
}

You can then simply retrieve the date and time by doing the following:

var newDate = new Date();
var datetime = "LastSync: " + newDate.today() + " @ " + newDate.timeNow();

Or call the method inline so it would simply be -

var datetime = "LastSync: " + new Date().today() + " @ " + new Date().timeNow();

Upvotes: 786

Aman Lalpuria
Aman Lalpuria

Reputation: 11

If someone is in search of function

console.log(formatAMPM());
function formatAMPM() {
  var date = new Date();
  var hours = date.getHours();
  var minutes = date.getMinutes();
  var seconds = date.getSeconds();
  var ampm = hours >= 12 ? 'PM' : 'AM';
  hours = hours % 12;
  hours = hours ? hours : 12; // the hour '0' should be '12'
  minutes = minutes < 10 ? '0'+minutes : minutes;
  return strTime = date.getMonth() + '/' + date.getDay()+'/'+date.getFullYear()+' '+ hours + ':' + minutes +':'+ seconds + " " +ampm;
}

Upvotes: 1

Girish Mahadevan
Girish Mahadevan

Reputation: 81

Basic JS (good to learn): we use the Date() function and do all that we need to show the date and day in our custom format.

var myDate = new Date();

let daysList = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'];
let monthsList = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Aug', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];


let date = myDate.getDate();
let month = monthsList[myDate.getMonth()];
let year = myDate.getFullYear();
let day = daysList[myDate.getDay()];

let today = `${date} ${month} ${year}, ${day}`;

let amOrPm;
let twelveHours = function (){
    if(myDate.getHours() > 12)
    {
        amOrPm = 'PM';
        let twentyFourHourTime = myDate.getHours();
        let conversion = twentyFourHourTime - 12;
        return `${conversion}`

    }else {
        amOrPm = 'AM';
        return `${myDate.getHours()}`}
};
let hours = twelveHours();
let minutes = myDate.getMinutes();

let currentTime = `${hours}:${minutes} ${amOrPm}`;

console.log(today + ' ' + currentTime);

Node JS (quick & easy): Install the npm pagckage using (npm install date-and-time), then run the below.

let nodeDate = require('date-and-time');
let now = nodeDate.format(new Date(), 'DD-MMMM-YYYY, hh:mm:ss a');
console.log(now);

Upvotes: 8

RABBIL HASAN
RABBIL HASAN

Reputation: 1

<p id="DateTimeBox">Click The Button To Show Date And Time</p>
<button onclick="ShowDate();"> Show Date </button>
<script>
  function ShowDate() {
    document.getElementById('DateTimeBox').innerHTML = Date();
  }
</script>

Upvotes: -4

Abhilash Thomas
Abhilash Thomas

Reputation: 863

Its simple and superb

 $(document).ready(function () { 
            var fpsOut = document.getElementById('myTime');
            setInterval(function () {
                var d = new Date(); 
                fpsOut.innerHTML = d;
            }, 1000);
        });
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="myTime"></div>

please find the below fiddler for the example

http://jsfiddle.net/4zVxp/483/

Upvotes: 0

Bjorn Ahlstedt
Bjorn Ahlstedt

Reputation: 11

I needed to figure this out for a slate in after effects. Here's what I came up with after taking elements from a few different sources -- Formatting is MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM AM/PM

D = new Date(Date(00));
M = D.getMonth()+1;
H = D.getHours();
Mi = D.getMinutes();

N = "AM"
if (H >= 12)
N = "PM"
if (H > 12)
{
H = H-12
}

amtOfZeroes = 2;
isNeg = false;

if (M < 0)
{
M = Math.abs(M);
isNeg = true;
}
Mo = Math.round(M) + "";
while(Mo.length < amtOfZeroes)
{

Mo = "0" + Mo; 
}
if (isNeg)
Mo = "-" + Mo;

if (H < 0)
{
H = Math.abs(H);
isNeg = true;
}
Ho = Math.round(H) + "";
while(Ho.length < amtOfZeroes)
{
Ho = "0" + Ho; 
}
if (isNeg)
Ho = "-" + Ho;

if (Mi < 0)
{
Mi = Math.abs(Mi);
isNeg = true;
}
Min = Math.round(Mi) + "";
while(Min.length < amtOfZeroes)
{
Min = "0" + Min; 
}
if (isNeg)
Min = "-" + Min;

T = Ho + ":" + (Min)

Mo + "/" + D.getDate() + "/" + D.getFullYear() + "  " + T + " " + N

Upvotes: 1

philippe
philippe

Reputation: 1957

function UniqueDateTime(format='',language='en-US'){
    //returns a meaningful unique number based on current time, and milliseconds, making it virtually unique
    //e.g : 20170428-115833-547
    //allows personal formatting like more usual :YYYYMMDDHHmmSS, or YYYYMMDD_HH:mm:SS
    var dt = new Date();
    var modele="YYYYMMDD-HHmmSS-mss";
    if (format!==''){
      modele=format;
    }
    modele=modele.replace("YYYY",dt.getFullYear());
    modele=modele.replace("MM",(dt.getMonth()+1).toLocaleString(language, {minimumIntegerDigits: 2, useGrouping:false}));
    modele=modele.replace("DD",dt.getDate().toLocaleString(language, {minimumIntegerDigits: 2, useGrouping:false}));
    modele=modele.replace("HH",dt.getHours().toLocaleString(language, {minimumIntegerDigits: 2, useGrouping:false}));
    modele=modele.replace("mm",dt.getMinutes().toLocaleString(language, {minimumIntegerDigits: 2, useGrouping:false}));
    modele=modele.replace("SS",dt.getSeconds().toLocaleString(language, {minimumIntegerDigits: 2, useGrouping:false}));
    modele=modele.replace("mss",dt.getMilliseconds().toLocaleString(language, {minimumIntegerDigits: 3, useGrouping:false}));
    return modele;
}

Upvotes: 2

Chhorn Elit
Chhorn Elit

Reputation: 5588

To get time and date you should use 

    new Date().toLocaleString();

>> "09/08/2014, 2:35:56 AM"

To get only the date you should use 

    new Date().toLocaleDateString();

>> "09/08/2014"

To get only the time you should use 

    new Date().toLocaleTimeString();

>> "2:35:56 AM"

Or if you just want the time in the format hh:mm without AM/PM for US English

    new Date().toLocaleTimeString('en-US', { hour12: false, 
                                             hour: "numeric", 
                                             minute: "numeric"});
>> "02:35"

or for British English

    new Date().toLocaleTimeString('en-GB', { hour: "numeric", 
                                             minute: "numeric"});

>> "02:35"

Read more here.

Upvotes: 541

Shivam Gupta
Shivam Gupta

Reputation: 149

I think i am very late to share my answer, but i think it will be worth.

function __getCurrentDateTime(format){
    var dt=new Date(),x,date=[];
    date['d']=dt.getDate();
    date['dd']=dt.getDate()>10?dt.getDate():'0'+dt.getDate();
    date['m']=dt.getMonth()+1;
    date['mm']=(dt.getMonth()+1)>10?(dt.getMonth()+1):'0'+(dt.getMonth()+1);
    date['yyyy']=dt.getFullYear();
    date['yy']=dt.getFullYear().toString().slice(-2);
    date['h']=(dt.getHours()>12?dt.getHours()-12:dt.getHours());
    date['hh']=dt.getHours();
    date['mi']=dt.getMinutes();
    date['mimi']=dt.getMinutes()<10?('0'+dt.getMinutes()):dt.getMinutes();
    date['s']=dt.getSeconds();
    date['ss']=dt.getSeconds()<10?('0'+dt.getSeconds()):dt.getSeconds();
    date['sss']=dt.getMilliseconds();
    date['ampm']=(dt.getHours()>=12?'PM':'AM');
    x=format.toLowerCase();
    x=x.indexOf('dd')!=-1?x.replace(/(dd)/i,date['dd']):x.replace(/(d)/i,date['d']);
    x=x.indexOf('mm')!=-1?x.replace(/(mm)/i,date['mm']):x.replace(/(m)/i,date['m']);
    x=x.indexOf('yyyy')!=-1?x.replace(/(yyyy)/i,date['yyyy']):x.replace(/(yy)/i,date['yy']);
    x=x.indexOf('hh')!=-1?x.replace(/(hh)/i,date['hh']):x.replace(/(h)/i,date['h']);
    x=x.indexOf('mimi')!=-1?x.replace(/(mimi)/i,date['mimi']):x.replace(/(mi)/i,date['mi']);
    if(x.indexOf('sss')!=-1){   x=x.replace(/(sss)/i,date['sss']);  }
    x=x.indexOf('ss')!=-1?x.replace(/(ss)/i,date['ss']):x.replace(/(s)/i,date['s']);
    if(x.indexOf('ampm')!=-1){  x=x.replace(/(ampm)/i,date['ampm']);    }
    return x;
}

console.log(__getCurrentDateTime());  //returns in dd-mm-yyyy HH:MM:SS
console.log(__getCurrentDateTime('dd-mm-yyyy'));    //return in 05-12-2016
console.log(__getCurrentDateTime('dd/mm*yyyy'));    //return in 05/12*2016
console.log(__getCurrentDateTime('hh:mimi:ss'));    //return in 13:05:30

console.log(__getCurrentDateTime('h:mi:ss ampm')); //return in 1:5:30 PM

Upvotes: 1

Moshood Awari
Moshood Awari

Reputation: 530

var datetime = new Date().toLocaleString().slice(0,9) +" "+new Date(new Date()).toString().split(' ')[4];
console.log(datetime);

Upvotes: 1

Ronnie Smith
Ronnie Smith

Reputation: 18565

My well intended answer is to use this tiny bit of JS: https://github.com/rhroyston/clock-js

clock.now   --> 1462248501241
clock.time  --> 11:08 PM
clock.weekday   --> monday
clock.day   --> 2
clock.month --> may
clock.year  --> 2016
clock.since(1462245888784)  --> 44 minutes
clock.until(1462255888784)  --> 2 hours
clock.what.time(1462245888784)  --> 10:24 PM
clock.what.weekday(1461968554458)   --> friday
clock.what.day('14622458887 84')    --> 2
clock.what.month(1461968554458) --> april
clock.what.year('1461968554458')    --> 2016
clock.what.time()   --> 11:11 PM
clock.what.weekday('14619685abcd')  -->     clock.js error : expected unix timestamp as argument
clock.unit.seconds  --> 1000
clock.unit.minutes  --> 60000
clock.unit.hours    --> 3600000
clock.unit.days --> 86400000
clock.unit.weeks    --> 604800000
clock.unit.months   --> 2628002880
clock.unit.years    --> 31536000000

Upvotes: 0

JoyGuru
JoyGuru

Reputation: 1833

I have found the simplest way to get current date and time in JavaScript from here - How to get current Date and Time using JavaScript

var today = new Date();
var date = today.getFullYear()+'-'+(today.getMonth()+1)+'-'+today.getDate();
var time = today.getHours() + ":" + today.getMinutes() + ":" + today.getSeconds();
var CurrentDateTime = date+' '+time;

Upvotes: 6

Wasim
Wasim

Reputation: 1

function display_c(){   
    var refresh = 1000; // Refresh rate in milli seconds    
    mytime = setTimeout('display_ct()', refresh)    
}

function display_ct() {

    var strcount    
    var currentdate = new Date();

    document.getElementById('ct').innerHTML = currentdate.toDateString() + " " + currentdate.getHours() + ":" + currentdate.getMinutes() + ":" + currentdate.getSeconds();

    tt = display_c();   
}


id = 'ct'     // Replace in Your id

onload = "display_ct();"     // Type inside a Body Tag

Upvotes: 0

Steve
Steve

Reputation: 627

Just use:

var d = new Date();
document.write(d.toLocaleString());
document.write("<br>");

Upvotes: 37

baao
baao

Reputation: 73241

This question is quite old and the answers are too. Instead of those monstrous functions, we now can use moment.js to get the current date, which actually makes it very easy. All that has to be done is including moment.js in our project and get a well formated date, for example, by:

moment().format("dddd, MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a");

I think that makes it way easier to handle dates in javascript.

Upvotes: 3

Varoon
Varoon

Reputation: 11

This little code is easy and works everywhere.

<p id="dnt"></p>
<script>
document.getElementById("dnt").innerHTML = Date();
</script>

there is room to design

Upvotes: 2

GraninDm
GraninDm

Reputation: 19

dt= new Date();
alert(dt.toISOString().substring(8,10) + "/" + 
dt.toISOString().substring(5,7)+ "/" + 
dt.toISOString().substring(0,4) + " " + 
dt.toTimeString().substring(0,8))

Upvotes: 1

surendar
surendar

Reputation: 656

get current date and time

var now = new Date(); 
  var datetime = now.getFullYear()+'/'+(now.getMonth()+1)+'/'+now.getDate(); 
  datetime += ' '+now.getHours()+':'+now.getMinutes()+':'+now.getSeconds();

Upvotes: 3

Gurpreet.Singh
Gurpreet.Singh

Reputation: 19

Check this out may be it will work for you

<script language="JavaScript">
var dayarray=new Array("Sunday","Monday",
 "Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday")

var montharray=new Array("January","February","March",
 "April","May","June","July","August","September",
 "October","November","December")

function getthedate(){
var mydate=new Date()
var year=mydate.getYear()
if (year < 1000)
year+=1900
var day=mydate.getDay()
var month=mydate.getMonth()
var daym=mydate.getDate()
if (daym<10)
daym="0"+daym
var hours=mydate.getHours()
var minutes=mydate.getMinutes()
var seconds=mydate.getSeconds()
var dn="AM"
if (hours>=12)
dn="PM"
if (hours>12){
hours=hours-12
}
if (hours==0)
hours=12
if (minutes<=9)
minutes="0"+minutes
if (seconds<=9)
seconds="0"+seconds
//change font size here
var cdate="<small><font color='000000' face='Arial'><b>"+dayarray[day]+", 
    "+montharray[month]+" "+daym+", "+year+" "+hours+":"
 +minutes+":"+seconds+" "+dn
    +"</b></font></small>"
if (document.all)
document.all.clock.innerHTML=cdate
else if (document.getElementById)
document.getElementById("clock").innerHTML=cdate
else
document.write(cdate)
}
 if (!document.all&&!document.getElementById)
  getthedate()
  function goforit(){
  if (document.all||document.getElementById)
 setInterval("getthedate()",1000)
}

 </script>

enter code here

 <span id="clock"></span>

Upvotes: -2

deepakssn
deepakssn

Reputation: 5363

function getTimeStamp() {
       var now = new Date();
       return ((now.getMonth() + 1) + '/' + (now.getDate()) + '/' + now.getFullYear() + " " + now.getHours() + ':'
                     + ((now.getMinutes() < 10) ? ("0" + now.getMinutes()) : (now.getMinutes())) + ':' + ((now.getSeconds() < 10) ? ("0" + now
                     .getSeconds()) : (now.getSeconds())));
}

Upvotes: 3

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