use std::process::Command; /// returns the current datetime as String pub fn now() -> String { let output = if cfg!(windows) { Command::new("cmd") .args(["/C", "echo %date:~0,10% %time%"]) .output() .expect("failed to execute a process to get current time") } else { Command::new("date") .args(["+%Y/%m/%d %T"]) .output() .expect("failed to execute process to get current time") }; String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout[..]) .trim_end() .to_string() }