/timestamp Command - mIRC

The /timestamp command can be used to enable and disable timestamps as well as set their formats.

The -g and -f switches can only be used to set new formats.

Synopsis

/timestamp <on|off|default>
/timestamp [-sae] <on|off|default>
/timestamp <on|off|default> [window_name]
/timestamp -f <format>
/timestamp -g <format>

Switches

-s - Turns status window time stamp on or off. This is the same as specifying "Status Window" for [window_name]
-a - Turns timestamp on or off for the active window
-e - Turns timestamp on or off for all windows
-f - Sets timestamp format
-g - Sets log timestamp format

Parameters

<on|off> - Turns logging on or off
[window_name] - The name of the window to apply the settings to
<format> - The new timestamp format

Formats

Seconds:

   s       Seconds, no leading zeros              0 to 59
   ss      Seconds, with leading zeros            00 through 59

Minutes:

   n       Minutes, no leading zeros              0 to 59
   nn      Minutes, with leading zeros            00 to 59

Hours:

   h       12-hour format of an hour, no          1 through 12
           leading zeros
   hh      12-hour format of an hour, with        01 through 12
           leading zeros
   H       24-hour format of an hour, no          0 through 23
           leading zeros
   HH      24-hour format of an hour, with        00 through 23
           leading zeros

Year:

   yy      A two-digit representation of a year   98 or 09
   yyyy    A full numeric representation of,      2003 or 2005
           a year

Month:

   m       Numeric representation of a month,     1 through 12
           without leading zeros
   mm      Numeric representation of a month,     01 through 12
           with leading zeros
   mmm     A short textual representation of a    Jan through Dec
           month
   mmmm    A full textual representation of a     January through December
           month

Day:

   d       Day of month, no leading zeros         1 to 31
   dd      Day of month, leading zeros            01 to 31
   ddd     A short textual representation of a    Sun through Sat
           day
   dddd    A full textual representation of a     Sunday through Saturday
           day

AM/PM:

   t       Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post       a or p
           meridiem, single letter                
   tt      Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post       am or pm
           meridiem
   T       Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post       A or P
           meridiem, no leading zeros
   TT      Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post       AM or PM
           meridiem, no leading zeros

Ordinal:

   oo      Adds ordinal to a numeric              12th or 1st
           representation

TimeZone:

   z       Difference to Greenwich time,          +0 or -5
           minimal size
   zz      Difference to Greenwich time           +0000 or -0500
   zzz     Difference to Greenwich time           +0100 GMT or -0500 GMT
           with GMT

Example

;set log timestamp
/timestamp -g [hh:nn - mmoo mmmm, yyyy]
 
;turn on status window timestamp
/timestamp -s on
;or (they are both the same)
/timestamp on Status Window

Compatibility

Added: mIRC v3.9
Added on: 28 Dec 1995
Note: Unless otherwise stated, this was the date of original functionality.
Further enhancements may have been made in later versions.