# Q: \time command?

Nelson H. F. Beebe beebe at math.utah.edu
Fri Apr 12 12:00:16 CEST 2002

Andreas Hadjiprocopis <livantes at soi.city.ac.uk> asks on
Thu, 11 Apr 2002 10:32:40 +0100 (BST)

>> I was wondering whether the \today command may be adjusted so as to
>> give me the current time as well...

Instead of the \today command, use the \time command.

Here is a solution lifted from a style file that I've used for years
to get a timestamp in typeset letters:

% ----------------------------------------------------------------------
%
% TIME OF DAY
%
\newcount\hh
\newcount\mm
\mm=\time
\hh=\time
\divide\hh by 60
\divide\mm by 60
\multiply\mm by 60
\mm=-\mm
\def\hhmm{\number\hh:\ifnum\mm<10{}0\fi\number\mm}

Use it like this in a LaTeX document:

\date{\today{ }\hhmm}

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