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currentDateAndTime

String currentDateAndTime()
Get the current date and time using the default pattern yyMMddHHmmss.

Returns:

The current date and time formatted according to the default pattern.

Example

backup.backupNow(SimpleBackup.currentDateAndTime());

currentDateAndTime

String currentDateAndTime(String pattern)
Copy files to a subdirectory within the destination directory. If no destination directory is set using to(String backupDir), the files will be copied to simplebackup.

Parameters:

pattern - The pattern describing the date and time format.

Returns:

The current date and time formatted according to the pattern.

Example

backup.backupNow(SimpleBackup.currentDateAndTime("yy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss"));

For more information, see the reference documentation folder in the SimpleBackup repository.