FrontForum — %%date%%

FrontForum — %%date%% variable

According to the module FrontForum documentation, the custom-format %%date%% variable supports a format parameter that “prints posting date with a custom format (similar to php's strftime but not identical”.

As this description seems a little vague, here you can find a full documentation for the %%date%% variable.

Syntax

The syntax for the %%date%% variable is

%%date[|[format][|agohover]]%%

where

• [ … ] denote optional parameters
• “|” must be typed as is, with no blank between %%date and “|”
• format is an arbitrary text string that may include %modifiers, which are replaced by an actual (part of the) date or time
• agohover when specified displays a “hovering” text when the mouse is moved over any part of the displayed format string. The hovering text — “nn seconds/minutes/hours/days ago” — is, except for a trailing “ ago”, identical to the %O modifier explained below.

Examples

Here are some examples how to use %%date%%:

What you type …	What you get …
%%date%%	1211470860|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
%%date|On %e.%m.%Y at %H:%M:%S%%	1195927002|On %e.%m.%Y at %H:%M:%S
%%date|%c|agohover%%	1181057782|%c|agohover
%%date|the time of the post|agohover%%	1157478484|the time of the post|agohover

Note: Try moving the mouse over the last two examples to view the “hovering” text.

%Modifiers

The following %modifiers can be used within the format parameter of the %%date%% variable:

Modifier	Description	Result
%%date|%r%%	%I:%M:%S %p	1211470860|%r
%%date|%R%%	%H:%M	1211470860|%R
%%date|%T%%	%H:%M:%S	1211470860|%T
%%date|%D%%	%m/%d/%y	1211470860|%D
%%date|%a%%	abbreviated weekday name (3 letters)	1211470860|%a
%%date|%A%%	full weekday name	1211470860|%A
%%date|%b%%	abbreviated month name (3 letters)	1211470860|%b
%%date|%B%%	full month name	1211470860|%B
%%date|%c%%	local date representation	1211470860|%c
%%date|%d%%	day of the month (01…12)	1211470860|%d
%%date|%e%%	day of the month (1…9, 10…12)	1211470860|%e
%%date|%H%%	hours (00…23)	1211470860|%H
%%date|%I%%	hours (00…12)	1211470860|%I
%%date|%m%%	month (01…12)	1211470860|%m
%%date|%M%%	minutes (00…59)	1211470860|%M
%%date|%p%%	AM/PM	1211470860|%p
%%date|%S%%	seconds (00…59)	1211470860|%S
%%date|%y%%	year (00…99)	1211470860|%y
%%date|%Y%%	year (2000…2099)	1211470860|%Y
%%date|%z%%	time zone	1211470860|%z
%%date|%O%%	nn seconds/minutes/hours/days	1211470860|%O

The above list is exhaustive, no other %modifiers are recognized.

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