Examples

All examples on this page assume that the current time is Sunday 28 August 2022, 21:45:30.

Predefined formats

{DAYOFMONTH}/{MONTH}/{YEAROFCENTURY}
"28/08/22" — the same result as {TIME;@DD/MM/YY} above, built from components.
{HOUR}:{MINUTE}
"21:45" — components are zero-padded to their natural width by default.
{YEAR} week {WEEK}
"2022 week 34"
{TIME;{HOUR12}:{MINUTE}{AMPM}}
"09:45PM" — 12-hour time with an AM/PM suffix.
{TIME;{HOUR12}:{MINUTE}{AMPM;FORMAT={ a.m.; p.m.}}}
"09:45 p.m." — the same, but with custom AM/PM texts.

{MONTH;FORMAT=shortmonth}
"AUG" — the built-in shortmonth format prints month names.
{TIME;{MONTH;FORMAT={A;B;C;D;E;F;G;H;J;K;L;M}}}
"H" — the month picked from a custom list, A for January through M for December (skipping I). August is the eighth entry.

{TIME;@YYYY-MM-DD;+20days}
"2022-09-17" — a best before date 20 days from now.
{TIME;@YYYY-MM-DD;+3months-1week}
"2022-11-21" — offset terms can be combined.
{TIME;{MONTH;FORMAT=shortmonth};+6weeks}
"OCT" — the month name six weeks from now.
{TIME;{YEAR}{DAYOFYEAR};+1month}
"2022271" — the Julian date one month from now.
{TIME;@YYYY-MM-DD;+{VARIABLE;SHELF_LIFE}days}
A best before date where the number of days is taken from the variable SHELF_LIFE. If the variable is "14", the result is "2022-09-11".

These examples use a custom clock named PRODDATE set to 16 May 2022.

{TIME;@YYYY-MM-DD;;PRODDATE}
"2022-05-16" — the clock value instead of the current time. Note the empty offset argument.
{TIME;@YYYY-MM-DD;+6months;PRODDATE}
"2022-11-16" — a best before date six months after the production date.