<html> <head> <title>MHonArc Resources: MSGGMTDATEFMT</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../docstyles.css"> </head> <body> <!--x-rc-nav--> <table border=0><tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="50%">[Prev: <a href="msgfoot.html">MSGFOOT</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#msggmtdatefmt">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="msghead.html">MSGHEAD</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <h1>MSGGMTDATEFMT</h1> <!--X-TOC-Start--> <ul> <li><a href="#syntax">Syntax</a> <li><a href="#description">Description</a> <li><a href="#default">Default Setting</a> <li><a href="#rcvars">Resource Variables</a> <li><a href="#examples">Examples</a> <li><a href="#version">Version</a> <li><a href="#seealso">See Also</a> </ul> <!--X-TOC-End--> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="syntax">Syntax</a></h2> <dl> <dt><strong>Envariable</strong></dt> <dd><p> <code>M2H_MSGGMTDATEFMT=</code><var>date-format</var> </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Element</strong></dt> <dd><p> <code><MSGGMTDATEFMT><br></code> <var>date-format</var><br> <code></MSGGMTDATEFMT><br></code> </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Command-line Option</strong></dt> <dd><p> <code>-msggmtdatefmt </code><var>date-format</var> </p> </dd> </dl> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="description">Description</a></h2> <p>The MSGGMTDATEFMT resource specifies the date format for the <strong><code>$MSGGMTDATE$</code></strong> resource variable (i.e. The GMT date of the current message). The format is a string containing zero or more conversion specifications and regular characters. A conversion specification consists of the '<code><strong>%</strong></code>' character followed a character that determines the type of conversion. </p> <p>The following lists the possible conversion specifications: </p> <table border=0 cellpadding=4> <tr valign=top> <td><strong>NOTE</strong></td> <td><p>If <a href="posixstrftime.html">POSIXSTRFTIME</a> is set, the <b>POSIX::strftime()</b> function will be used. Therefore, there may be more conversion specifications available. See your system's <b>strftime()</b> manpage for specifics. </p> </td> </tr> </table> <table border=0 cellpadding=4> <tr valign=top> <th align=right>Spec</th> <th align=left>Value</th> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%%</strong></td> <td>the % character</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%a</strong></td> <td>abbreviated weekday name</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%A</strong></td> <td>full weekday name</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%b</strong></td> <td>abbreviated month name</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%B</strong></td> <td>full month name</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%c</strong></td> <td>appropriate date and time representation</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%d</strong></td> <td>day of month [1,31]; single digits are preceded by 0</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%h</strong></td> <td>abbreviated month name</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%H</strong></td> <td>hour (24-hour clock) [0,23]; single digits are preceded by 0</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%I</strong></td> <td>hour (12-hour clock) [1,12]; single digits are preceded by 0</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%j</strong></td> <td>day number of year [1,366]; single digits are preceded by 0</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%m</strong></td> <td>month number [1,12]; single digits are preceded by 0</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%M</strong></td> <td>minute[00,59]; single digits are preceded by 0</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%p</strong></td> <td>am or pm.</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%P</strong></td> <td>AM or PM.</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%S</strong></td> <td>seconds [00,61]</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%w</strong></td> <td>weekday as a decimal number [0,6], with 0 representing Sunday</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%y</strong></td> <td>year within century [00,99]</td> </tr> <tr valign=top> <td align=right><strong>%Y</strong></td> <td>year, including the century (for example 1993)</td> </tr> </table> <p>Setting MSGGMTDATEFMT to a blank string will reset the resource to the default setting. </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="default">Default Setting</a></h2> <pre> %a %b %d %H:%M:%S GMT %Y </pre> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="rcvars">Resource Variables</a></h2> <p>N/A </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="examples">Examples</a></h2> <p>None. </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="version">Version</a></h2> <p>2.0 </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="seealso">See Also</a></h2> <p> <a href="gmtdatefmt.html">GMTDATEFMT</a>, <a href="localdatefmt.html">LOCALDATEFMT</a>, <a href="months.html">MONTHS</a>, <a href="monthsabr.html">MONTHSABR</a>, <a href="posixstrftime.html">POSIXSTRFTIME</a>, <a href="weekdays.html">WEEKDAYS</a>, <a href="weekdaysabr.html">WEEKDAYSABR</a> </p> <p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <!--x-rc-nav--> <table border=0><tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="50%">[Prev: <a href="msgfoot.html">MSGFOOT</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#msggmtdatefmt">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="msghead.html">MSGHEAD</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <address> $Date: 2003/10/06 22:04:18 $ <br> <img align="top" src="../monicon.png" alt=""> <a href="http://www.mhonarc.org/"><strong>MHonArc</strong></a><br> Copyright © 1997-1999, <a href="http://www.earlhood.com/">Earl Hood</a>, <a href="mailto:mhonarc%40mhonarc.org">mhonarc<!-- -->@<!-- -->mhonarc.org</a><br> </address> </body> </html>