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vim script: strftime
strftime(FORMAT) returns the current time as string, formatted according to FORMAT.
strftime() can be given a second argument which is interpreted as a
Unix time . In that case,
strftime formats the point in time that the second argument refers to.
Unfortunately,
FORMAT is not interpreted by vim itself, but by the runtime that vim is using. Thus,
strftime behaves differently on
Windows and
Linux .
Therefore, I like to use strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S').
Format element possible result Linux Windows %a Thu ✓ ✓ %b Feb ✓ ✓ %c Thu 05 Feb 1970 01:24:36 PM CET ✓ ✓ Windows differs from Linux %d 05 ✓ ✓ %e 5 ✓ ✗ %g 70 ✓ ✗ %h Feb ✓ ✗ %j 036 ✓ ✓ %k 13 ✓ ✗ %l 1 ✓ ✗ %m 02 ✓ ✓ %n new line ✓ ✗ %p PM ✓ ✓ %r 01:24:36 PM ✓ ✗ %s 3068676 ✓ ✗ %t tabulator ✓ ✗ %u 4 ✓ ✗ %w 4 ✓ ✓ %x 02/05/1970 ✓ ✓ %y 70 ✓ ✓ %z +0100 ✓ ✓ %A Thursday ✓ ✓ %B February ✓ ✓ %C 19 ✓ ✗ %D 02/05/70 ✓ ✗ %F 1970-02-05 ✓ ✗ %G 1970 ✓ ✗ %H 13 ✓ ✓ %I 01 ✓ ✓ %M 24 ✓ ✓ %P pm ✓ ✗ %R 13:24 ✓ ✗ %S 36 ✓ ✓ %T 13:24:36 ✓ ✗ %U 05 ✓ ✓ %V 06 ✓ ✗ %W 05 ✓ ✓ %X 01:24:36 PM ✓ ✓ %Y 1970 ✓ ✓ %Z CET ✓ ✓ %% % ✓ ✓
" ..\run_ strftime
"
redir > strftime.out
language time en_US.UTF8
echo 'ISO 8601 time format (HH:MM:SS)'
" echo strftime('%T')
echo strftime('%H:%M:%S')
echo ''
echo 'YYYY-MM-DD'
" echo strftime('%F')
echo strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
echo ''
echo 'Years, 2 digits and 4 digits'
echo strftime('%y')
echo strftime('%Y')
echo ''
echo strftime('%c', 0)
" Thu 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 AM CET
for N in range(char2nr('a'), char2nr('z')) +
\ range(char2nr('A'), char2nr('Z'))
" February, 5th, 1970 12:24:36
echo " " . nr2char(N) . ": " . strftime("%" . nr2char(N), 35 * 24*60*60 + 12*60*60 + 24*60 + 36)
;
endfor
" a: Thu
" b: Feb
" c: Thu 05 Feb 1970 01:24:36 PM CET
" d: 05
" e: 5
" f: %f
" g: 70
" h: Feb
" i: %i
" j: 036
" k: 13
" l: 1
" m: 02
" n:
"
" o: %o
" p: PM
" q: %q
" r: 01:24:36 PM
" s: 3068676
" t:
" u: 4
" v: %v
" w: 4
" x: 02/05/1970
" y: 70
" z: +0100
" A: Thursday
" B: February
" C: 19
" D: 02/05/70
" E: %E
" F: 1970-02-05
" G: 1970
" H: 13
" I: 01
" J: %J
" K: %K
" L: %L
" M: 24
" N: %N
" O: %O
" P: pm
" Q: %Q
" R: 13:24
" S: 36
" T: 13:24:36
" U: 05
" V: 06
" W: 05
" X: 01:24:36 PM
" Y: 1970
" Z: CET~/github/about/vim/vimscript
redir END
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