Module:Unsigned/sandbox explained

local p =

-- There's probably a way to use strptime or some other more sophisticated way, but you're not supposed to be using a non-timestamp as input anyway.

local function endswith(String,End) return End

or string.sub(String,-string.len(End))

Endend

local function trim(s) return s:gsub("^%s+", ""):gsub("%s+$", ""):gsub("\226\128\142", "")end

local function addUtcToStringIfItDoesNotEndWithUtc(s) if s

"" or endswith(s, "~~~~") then return s end if not endswith(s, "(UTC)") then return s .. " (UTC)" end return send

local function _main(args) local hopefullyTimestamp = args[1] or os.date('%H:%M, %d %B %Y (%Z)') return addUtcToStringIfItDoesNotEndWithUtc(trim(hopefullyTimestamp))end

function p.main(frame) local args if type(frame.args)

'table' then -- We're being called via #invoke. The args are passed through to the module -- from the template page, so use the args that were passed into the template. args = frame.args else -- We're being called from another module or from the debug console, so assume -- the args are passed in directly. args = frame end return _main(args)end

return p