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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




  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
     [not found] <mailman.18141.1395741262.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-03-25 10:10 ` Damien Wyart
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-03-27  0:35 Tak Kunihiro

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