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Current Date Plugin

Get the current date formatted according to a specified format. If no format is provided, it defaults to the ISO date format ("YYYY-MM-DD"). Useful to display the last time a page was updated, for example.

Configuration

The Current Date plugin can be configured with the following option:

  • format: A string specifying the date format, following Python's datetime module format codes. The default format is "YYYY-MM-DD" (%Y-%m-%d).

Usage

Using a custom format and prepending and appending some text:

[sections.last_updated]
plugin = "current_date"
format = "%A, %d %B %Y"
prepend_text = "Last updated on "
append_text = "."

dōteki would generate:

Last updated on Wednesday, 21 October 2015.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the available date format codes?

Check the Python documentation to see all the datetime format codes.