From: Thibaut Verron <thibaut.verron+gmane@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Display current date/time
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 10:15:14 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20140325T111229-450@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20140325105404.03b375ee@aga-netbook
Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> wmi.amu.edu.pl> 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,
>
I don't know of any existing function for that, but you can use a simple
definition like:
(defun today ()
(interactive)
(message (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d %T")))
Thibaut
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-25 10:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-25 9:54 Display current date/time Marcin Borkowski
2014-03-25 10:15 ` Thibaut Verron [this message]
2014-03-25 12:05 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-03-25 21:37 ` Stefan Monnier
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2014-03-25 10:10 ` Damien Wyart
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2014-03-27 0:35 Tak Kunihiro
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