Command/currentdate

\currentdate

Summary

The command \currentdate typesets the current date.

Settings

\currentdate[...,...]

[...,...]

year year:name y y:name yy Y Y:name YY month month:mnem month:hebrew month:jalali m m:mnem m:hebrew m:jalali MONTH MONTH:mnem MONTH:hebrew MONTH:jalali mm M day day:name day:+ day:ord day:++ day:highord d d:name d:+ d:ord d:++ d:highord dd dd:+ dd:ord dd:++ dd:highord D D:+ D:ord D:++ D:highord weekday weekday:mnem weekday:hebrew weekday:jalali w w:mnem w:hebrew w:jalali WEEKDAY WEEKDAY:mnem WEEKDAY:hebrew WEEKDAY:jalali W referral space \\\\\\\\␣ text hebrew:to jalali:to jalali:from

Option	Explanation
This format is a comma-separated list of field formats and optional separators.

Settings name

\currentdate[...]
[...]	name

Option	Explanation
This is a date format defined with \definedate

Description

The command \currentdate typesets the current date using a supplied format.

Examples

Example 1

\currentdate[weekday,month,day,{, },year]

\currentdate[day,{.~},month,{~},year]

gives

See also

• core-con.mkiv
• \date for lots more detail about the formatting options
• \definedate

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