From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tak Kunihiro Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Display current date/time Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:35:44 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <20140327.093544.1112008896199302941.tkk@misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395881798 13092 80.91.229.3 (27 Mar 2014 00:56:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:56:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: tkk@misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp To: mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 27 01:56:46 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WSycg-0004hY-Cy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 01:56:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50985 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSycf-0002tT-R9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:56:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56344) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSyIZ-0000ZC-QL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:36:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSyIS-0006Ms-H9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:35:59 -0400 Original-Received: from msmail2.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp ([150.46.245.7]:57494 helo=msmail.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSyIS-0006Kl-5Y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:35:52 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (vesta.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp [150.46.48.154]) by msmail.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEDC8AF8097; Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:35:46 +0900 (JST) X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.3 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 150.46.245.7 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:56:36 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:96777 Archived-At: I use yasnippet to see current date/time. Snippets with key `today/now' insert date/time in current buffer. # name: (today) # key: today # -- `(format-time-string "%B %e, %Y (%a)" (current-time))` # name: (now) # key: now # -- `(format-time-string "%T %Z" (current-time))` > Hello list, > > is there an (interactive) function to display current date and/or time > in the echo area? I'd like to be able to say M-x today and see today's > date, for instance, without having to fire up the calendar. > > TIA,