From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Display current date/time Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:05:48 +0800 Message-ID: <87ob0uwkir.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <20140325105404.03b375ee@aga-netbook> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395749020 7980 80.91.229.3 (25 Mar 2014 12:03:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:03:40 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 25 13:03:49 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 1WSQ57-0001BS-4y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:03:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41334 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSQ56-0005KJ-PU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:03:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38638) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSQ4k-0005A2-PZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:03:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSQ4e-0003vj-Gm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:03:26 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:39400) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSQ4e-0003vD-Ae for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:03:20 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WSQ4c-0000UY-JE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:03:18 +0100 Original-Received: from 123.122.39.144 ([123.122.39.144]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:03:18 +0100 Original-Received: from eric by 123.122.39.144 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:03:18 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 12 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 123.122.39.144 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:mhirydCdA5o7qjmJe6Kcda8U+NM= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:96742 Archived-At: Marcin Borkowski writes: > 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, You can also use (display-time-mode 1) in your init file to have it always in the mode line.