WoW API: GetDate

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Gets the build date of the current version of WoW, as listed on the bottom left of the login screen.

local date = GetDate()

Parameters

Arguments

none

Returns

• date (string) - This date will be the date WoW was released or built, some internal Blizzard date close to release.

Example

local date = GetDate() -- version 1.2.1

Result

"Dec 20 2004"

Notes

• Removed in patch 1.3.0