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Subject: Re: what's the best way to get today at 00:00:00?
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:24:53 GMT
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Mark Summerfield <m.n.summerfield@gmail.com> posted:

> I have a function that returns today's date/time at 00:00:00, e.g.,
> 2025-07-24T00:00:00, returned as seconds:
> 
> proc start_of_day {} {
>     clock scan "[clock format now -format %Y]-[clock format now \
>             -format %m]-[clock format now -format %d]" -format "%Y-%m-%d"
> }
> 
> Is there a better way?
clock scan [clock format now -format %Y-%m-%d]