GMTIME -- formatted Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
"format" | format | $day $month $year - $hour:$min |
%GMTIME% uses the default date format defined by the {DefaultDateFormat} setting in configure
Supported special format tokens:
| Token: | 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 "Local" (if set to servertime) | GMT |
$iso | ISO format timestamp | 2025-04-05T02:37:40Z |
$rcs | RCS format timestamp | 2025/04/05 02:37:40 |
$http | E-mail & http format timestamp | Sat, 05 Apr 2025 02:37:40 GMT |
$epoch | Number of seconds since 00:00 on 1st January, 1970 | 1743820660 |
Tokens can be shortened to 3 characters
Examples
%GMTIME%expands to2025-04-05 - 02:37%GMTIME{"$day $month, $year - $hour:$min:$sec"}%expands to05 Apr, 2025 - 02:37:40
When used in a template topic, this macro will be expanded when the template is used to create a new topic. See TemplateTopics#TemplateTopicsVars for details.
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This topic: System > Category > UserDocumentationCategory > Macros > VarGMTIME
Topic revision: 2024-12-23, UnknownUser
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