Category: Date & Time

Variables in this category:

DATE -- signature format date

Syntax: %DATE%
Expands to: 2024-04-18
Date format defined as {DefaultDateFormat} in configure, default $year-$mo-$day
Note: When used in a template topic, this variable will be expanded when the template is used to create a new topic. See TWikiTemplates#TemplateTopicsVars for details.
Category: DateAndTimeVariables, SystemInformationVariables
Related: DISPLAYTIME, GMTIME{"format"}, SERVERTIME (this topic)

DATEPICKER{} -- pop-up calendar to select a date for use in HTML forms

The %DATEPICKER{}% variable is handled by the DatePickerPlugin.
Syntax: %DATEPICKER{ name="..." value="..." }%
Parameters:

Parameter	Description	Default	Example
Additional HTML input field attributes, such as `alt`, `disabled`, `maxlength`, `onblur`, `onchange`, `onfocus`, `readonly`, `style`, `tabindex`, `title`
`class`	CSS class of input field.	`"twikiInputField"`	`class="dateField"`
`format`	Format of resulting date value. • `%a` - abbreviated weekday name • `%A` - full weekday name • `%b` - abbreviated month name • `%B` - full month name • `%C` - century number • `%d` - the day of the month (00 ... 31) • `%e` - the day of the month (0 ... 31) • `%H` - hour (00 ... 23) • `%I` - hour (01 ... 12) • `%j` - day of the year ( 000 ... 366) • `%k` - hour (0 ... 23) • `%l` - hour (1 ... 12) • `%m` - month (01 ... 12) • `%M` - minute (00 ... 59) • `%n` - a newline character • `%p` - "PM" or "AM" • `%P` - "pm" or "am" • `%S` - second (00 ... 59) • `%s` - number of seconds since Epoch (since Jan 01 1970 00:00:00 UTC) • `%t` - a tab character • `%U`, `%W`, `%V` - the week number. The week 01 is the week that has the Thursday in the current year, which is equivalent to the week that contains the fourth day of January. Weeks start on Monday. • `%u` - the day of the week (1 ... 7, 1 = MON) • `%w` - the day of the week (0 ... 6, 0 = SUN) • `%y` - year without the century (00 ... 99) • `%Y` - year including the century (ex. 2012) • `%%` - a literal `%` character	`"%Y-%m-%d"`	`format="%e %b %Y"`
`id`	ID of input field, optional.	`"id_"` + name	`id="idStart"`
`name`	Name of input field. φ: No output is shown if the name parameter is missing, but the CSS and Javascript are loaded.	(required^φ)	`name="Start"`
`size`	Size of input field, in number of characters.	(calculated as needed)	`size="12"`
`value`	Initial date value.	`""` (today)	`value="2012-12-31"`

Example:
<form action="...">
%DATEPICKER{ name="Start_Date" }%
<form>
Expands to:
Category: ApplicationsAndComponentsVariables, DatabaseAndFormsVariables, DateAndTimeVariables, EditingAndContentUpdateVariables, FormattingAndRenderingVariables, UIAndVisualizationVariables
Related: DatePickerPlugin, TWikiForms (this topic)

DISPLAYTIME -- display date and time

Syntax: %DISPLAYTIME%
Expands to: 2024-04-18 - 20:33
Date part of the format is displayed as defined by the {DefaultDateFormat} in configure, default $year-$mo-$day. The time is shown as hh:mm (24 hour clock)
Category: DateAndTimeVariables, SystemInformationVariables
Related: DISPLAYTIME{"format"}, GMTIME, SERVERTIME (this topic)

DISPLAYTIME{"format"} -- formatted display time

Formatted time - either GMT or Local server time, depending on {DisplayTimeValues} setting in configure, default $year-$mo-$day. Same format qualifiers as %GMTIME%
Syntax: %DISPLAYTIME{"format"}%
Supported variables: $seconds, $minutes, $hours, $day, $wday, $dow, $month, $mo, $year, $ye, $tz, $iso, $rcs, $http, $epoch
Example: %DISPLAYTIME{"$hou:$min"}% expands to 20:33
Category: DateAndTimeVariables, SystemInformationVariables
Related: DISPLAYTIME, GMTIME, SERVERTIME (this topic)

GMTIME -- GM time

Syntax: %GMTIME%
Expands to: 2024-04-18 - 20:33
Date format defined as {DefaultDateFormat} in configure, default $year-$mo-$day
Note: When used in a template topic, this variable will be expanded when the template is used to create a new topic. See TWikiTemplates#TemplateTopicsVars for details.
Category: DateAndTimeVariables
Related: DISPLAYTIME, GMTIME{"format"}, SERVERTIME (this topic)

GMTIME{"format"} -- formatted GM time

Syntax: %GMTIME{"format"}%
Supported variables:

Variable:	Unit:	Example
`$seconds`	seconds	59
`$minutes`	minutes	59
`$hours`	hours	23
`$day`	day of month	31
`$wday`	day of the Week (Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat)	Thu
`$dow`	day of the week (Sun = 0)	2
`$week`	number of week in year (ISO 8601)	34
`$month`	short name of month	Dec
`$mo`	2 digit month	12
`$year`	4 digit year	1999
`$ye`	2 digit year	99
`$tz`	either "GMT" (if set to gmtime), or offset such as "-0700" (if set to servertime)	GMT
`$iso`	ISO format timestamp	2024-04-18T20:33:00Z
`$rcs`	RCS format timestamp	2024/04/18 20:33:00
`$http`	E-mail & http format timestamp	Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:33:00 GMT
`$epoch`	Number of seconds since 00:00 on 1st January, 1970	1713472380

Variables can be shortened to 3 characters
Example: %GMTIME{"$day $month, $year - $hour:$min:$sec"}% expands to 18 Apr, 2024 - 20:33:00
Note: When used in a template topic, this variable will be expanded when the template is used to create a new topic. See TWikiTemplates#TemplateTopicsVars for details.
Category: DateAndTimeVariables
Related: DISPLAYTIME, GMTIME, REVINFO, SERVERTIME (this topic)

SERVERTIME -- server time

Syntax: %SERVERTIME%
Expands to: 2024-04-18 - 13:33
Date format defined as {DefaultDateFormat} in configure, default $year-$mo-$day
Note: When used in a template topic, this variable will be expanded when the template is used to create a new topic. See TWikiTemplates#TemplateTopicsVars for details.
Category: DateAndTimeVariables, SystemInformationVariables
Related: DISPLAYTIME, GMTIME, SERVERTIME{"format"} (this topic)

SERVERTIME{"format"} -- formatted server time

Same format qualifiers as %GMTIME%
Syntax: %SERVERTIME{"format"}%
Supported variables: $seconds, $minutes, $hours, $day, $wday, $dow, $month, $mo, $year, $ye, $tz, $iso, $rcs, $http, $epoch
Example: %SERVERTIME{"$hou:$min"}% expands to 13:33
Note: When used in a template topic, this variable will be expanded when the template is used to create a new topic. See TWikiTemplates#TemplateTopicsVars for details.
Category: DateAndTimeVariables, SystemInformationVariables
Related: DISPLAYTIME, GMTIME, SERVERTIME (this topic)

Total: 8 variables

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