Tip #468: display date-and-time on status line

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created:		May 1, 2003 8:42		complexity:		basic
author:		Dorai Sitaram		as of Vim:		5.7

It didn't seem like an existing tip mentioned this, so: The following lines in .vimrc or a plugin file will display the time of day and calender date (some of us need that reminder) on the editor status line: set ruler set rulerformat=%55(%{strftime('%a\ %b\ %e\ %I:%M\ %p')}\ %5l,%-6(%c%V%)\ %P%) It doesn't update time if you issue no keystrokes, but as soon as you do anything at all in the editor, you will get the current time.

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Anonymous, May 1, 2003 10:47

"My vimrc has the following. (Some people might find that these "lines slow down the response of vim too much.) set laststatus=2 "black status line at bottom of window " if has("win32") set statusline=%<%f%h%m%r%=%{strftime(\"%I:%M:%S\ \%p,\ %a\ %b\ %d,\ %Y\")}\ %{&ff;}\ %l,%c%V\ %P else set statusline=%<%f%h%m%r%=%{strftime(\"%l:%M:%S\ \%p,\ %a\ %b\ %d,\ %Y\")}\ %{&ff;}\ %l,%c%V\ %P endif

Anonymous, May 9, 2003 8:22

Excellent! I didn't add this to the status line, but I did add it to the pheader (printheader), which uses the same syntax. That way when I print the file, I can also print the current clock time. Now: how can I print the file modify time? Here is my _vimrc (section): set pheader=%<%f%h%m%40{strftime(\"%I:%M:%S\ \%p,\ %a\ %b\ %d,\ %Y\")}%=Page\ %N (filename, time, page N)

[email protected], February 19, 2004 9:15

Wonderful ! I have a other proposal : Print the last modification time (not the printing time) set pheader=%<%f%h%m\ %40{strftime(\"%c\",getftime(expand(\"%%\")))}%=Page\ %N TaD PS : There is a writing bug in the gvim help at line 4145 of options.txt the default value is "%<%f%h%m%=Page\ %N" not "%<%f%h%m%=Page %N" I wasted a lot of time on this macro bug ;)




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