Timefmt()

FUNCTION: timefmt(<format>, <secs>)

If <secs> isn’t given, the current time is used. Escape sequences in <format> are expanded out.

All escape sequences start with a $. Any unrecognized codes or other text will be returned unchanged.

$a - Abbreviated weekday name  $P - am/pm
$A - Full weekday name         $r - Same as $I:$M:$S $p
$b - Abbreviated month name    $R - Same as $H:$M
$B - Full month name           $S - Seconds after the minute
$c - Date and time             $t - Tab
$C - Century                   $u - Day of Week (Sunday=7)
$d - Day of the month          $U - Week of the year from 1st Sunday
$F - ISO8601 YMD               $V - ISO8601 Week Number.
$g - Two-digit ISO8601 year    $w - Day of the week (Sunday=0)
$G - All-digit ISO8601 year    $W - Week of the year from 1st Monday
$H - Hour of the 24-hour day   $x - Date
$I - Hour of the 12-hour day   $X - Time
$j - Day of the year           $y - Two-digit year
$m - Month of the year         $Y - All-digit year
$M - Minutes after the hour    $z - Time zone offset
$n - Newline                   $$ - $ character
$p - AM/PM

Example:

> think timefmt($A\, the $dth day of $B.)
Monday, the 17th day of July.

Aliases: ptimefmt

Related Topics: convtime(), convsecs(), etimefmt().