From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What is the best way to set #+DATE to today's date?
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 14:12:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r3ngthfs.fsf@pierrot.dokosmarshall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAFyQvY1S9KWx1JoAvsXOhf4omYf__2dBroHA9nKJXB_GTGOdCQ@mail.gmail.com
Kaushal <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> There are quite few documents in which I want to update the date stamp to the last update time.
>
> I like that #+DATE keyword value is used aptly in latex/pdf and html exports.
>
> But I couldn't find an elegant way for that date to be updated to today's (last updated) date.
>
> I came up with the below. But please let me know if there's an inbuilt way to do the same.
>
> PART 1: Config in init.el
>
> ;; Update TODAY macro with current date
> (defun modi/org-update-TODAY-macro (&rest ignore)
> "Update TODAY macro to hold string with current date."
> (interactive)
> (when (derived-mode-p 'org-mode)
> (save-excursion
> (goto-char (point-min))
> (while (re-search-forward
> "^\\s-*#\\+MACRO:\\s-+TODAY"
> nil 'noerror)
> (forward-line 0)
> (when (looking-at ".*TODAY\\(.*\\)")
> (replace-match
> (concat " "
> (format-time-string "%b %d %Y, %a" (current-time)))
> :fixedcase :literal nil 1))))))
> (add-hook 'org-export-before-processing-hook #'modi/org-update-TODAY-macro)
>
> PART 2: org document where I want the #+DATE to auto update
>
> #+MACRO: TODAY [current date is auto-inserted when exporting]
> #+DATE: {{{TODAY}}}
>
There is a built-in-macro - try e.g.
#+DATE: {{{time(%Y-%m-%d)}}}
See
(info "(org) Macro replacement")
--
Nick
prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-08-06 18:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-08-06 16:33 What is the best way to set #+DATE to today's date? Kaushal
2015-08-06 16:44 ` Rasmus
2015-08-06 17:00 ` Kaushal
2015-08-06 17:41 ` Rasmus
2015-08-06 18:18 ` John Kitchin
2015-08-06 19:25 ` Kaushal
2015-08-06 19:45 ` Kaushal
2015-08-06 19:50 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-08-06 19:58 ` Kaushal
2015-08-06 20:51 ` [PATCH] " Thomas S. Dye
2015-08-06 21:22 ` Kaushal
2015-08-06 21:48 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-08-06 21:54 ` Fabrice Niessen
2015-08-06 22:12 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-08-07 8:53 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-08-07 14:01 ` Kaushal
2015-08-07 14:20 ` Suvayu Ali
2015-08-07 14:52 ` Kaushal
2015-08-11 18:40 ` Thomas S. Dye
2015-08-11 22:59 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-08-07 4:31 ` Suvayu Ali
2015-08-06 18:12 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
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