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Codev Web>GMTimeVariable (2005-06-09, WillNorris)

It would be really handy if there were a display of the TWiki's idea of current time somewhere in the "topic locked" template. I haven't seen anything like a %GMTIME% variable (which doesn't mean that it's not already there) but it couldn't be too difficult to add (and then to add to the template.) I always screw up the conversion back to zulu; I don't bump into other people's edits often enough to just remember what it is :-) -- KevinKinnell - 26 May 2000

OK, I added %GMTIME% to alpha, is now in the cvs repository.

Somewhat related, I changed the lock warning page to show the remaining lock time in minutes. Here is a fake lock warning that shows that:

http://TWiki.SourceForge.net/cgi-bin/oops/Codev/GMTimeVariable?template=oopslocked&param1=Main.TestTest&param2=60&param3=14

-- PeterThoeny - 29 May 2000

The format of %GMTIME{"format"}% and %SERVERTIME{"format"}% has changed because it was not very flexible. The new {"format"} is:

Variable:	Unit:	Example
$seconds	seconds	59
$minutes	minutes	59
$hours	hours	23
$day	day of month	31
$month	month in ISO format	Dec
$mo	2 digit month	12
$year	4 digit year	1999
$ye	2 digit year	99

Variables can be shortened to 3 characters. Example:
%GMTIME{"$day $month, $year - $hour:$min:$sec"}% is
21 Mar, 2010 - 12:43:03

So, for example, {"hour:min"} changed {"$hour:$min"}. Please change your topics that use %GMTIME{"format"}% or %SERVERTIME{"format"}% when you upgrade TWiki.

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