DateString[] gives a string representing the complete current local date and time. DateString["elem"] gives the specified element or format for date and ...

Conventions for file names. Most files used by Mathematica are completely system independent. .mx and .exe files are however system dependent. For these files, there is a ...

Functions like Read and Write handle ordinary printable text. But in dealing with external data files or devices it is sometimes necessary to go to a lower level, and work ...

Every new version of Mathematica contains many new features. But careful design from the outset has allowed nearly total compatibility to be maintained between all versions. ...

Mathematica allows you not only to export graphics and sounds, but also to import them. With Import you can read graphics and sounds in a wide variety of formats, and bring ...

You can use files on your computer system to store definitions and results from Mathematica. The most general approach is to store everything as plain text that is ...

Microsoft WMF format. Image file format. Used by the Windows operating system and by Microsoft applications as a graphics resource format. WMF is an acronym derived from ...

Expressions in Mathematica can be represented as strings in a variety of ways, for display, export, or processing. Mathematica provides powerful functions for formatting ...

Microsoft EMF format. Image file format. Used by the Windows operating system and by Microsoft applications as a graphics resource format. EMF is an acronym derived from ...

Mathematica automatically handles hundreds of data formats and subformats—all coherently integrated through Mathematica's uniform use of symbolic expressions. For each ...