Custom Date and Time Package
Here's the code for mycustomdatetime.sty:\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} \ProvidesPackage{mycustomdatetime}[2014/03/20 1.0 My custom date and time format] \RequirePackage{etoolbox}% \RequirePackage{pgfkeys,pgfcalendar} % Time commands: \newcommand*{\timefmt}[4]{% \two@digits{#1}:\two@digits{#2}% \ifstrempty{#3}% test for empty 3rd argument {}% no seconds specified {:\two@digits{#3}}% seconds \timezonefmt{#4}% time zone \relax } \newcommand*{\timezonefmt}[1]{% \edef\thistimezone{#1}% \ifdefempty{\thistimezone}% {}% empty argument {% \expandafter\@timezonefmt\thistimezone\@endtimezonefmt% }% } \def\@timezonefmt#1:#2\@endtimezonefmt{% \ifnum #2=0\relax \ifnum #1=0\relax Z% \else \ifnum #1<0 $-$\two@digits{-#1}\else +\two@digits{#1}\fi \fi \else \ifnum #1<0$-$\two@digits{-#1}\else +\two@digits{#1}\fi :\two@digits{#2}% \fi } \def\parsepdfdatetime#1:#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9{% \def\theyear{#2#3#4#5}% \def\themonth{#6#7}% \def\theday{#8#9}% \parsepdftime } \def\parsepdftime#1#2#3#4#5#6#7\endparsepdfdatetime{% \def\thehour{#1#2}% \def\theminute{#3#4}% \def\thesecond{#5#6}% \ifstrequal{#7}{Z} {% \def\thetimezone{+00:00}% }% {% \parsepdftimezone#7% }% } \def\parsepdftimezone#1'#2'{% \def\thetimezone{#1:#2}% } \expandafter\parsepdfdatetime\pdfcreationdate\endparsepdfdatetime \let\pdfhour\thehour \let\pdfminute\theminute \let\pdfsecond\thesecond \let\pdftimezone\thetimezone \newcommand*{\pdfnowtime}{\timefmt{\pdfhour}{\pdfminute}{\pdfsecond}{\pdftimezone}} \newcommand*{\pdfnow}{% \number\year-\two@digits{\month}-\two@digits{\day} \pdfnowtime } \newcommand*{\filedate}[1]{% \expandafter\parsepdfdatetime\pdffilemoddate{#1}\endparsepdfdatetime \theyear-\two@digits{\themonth}-\two@digits{\theday}\ \timefmt{\thehour}{\theminute}{\thesecond}{\thetimezone}% } % Define an ordinal command: \newcommand*{\ord}[1]{% \number#1% \ifcase#1\or st\or nd\or rd\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or st\or nd\or rd\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or th\or st\fi } % Define registers needed by \printdate: \newcount\julianday \newcount\dayofweek % Define generic date format: \newcommand*{\datefmt}[4][]{% \ifstrempty{#1} {}% day of week missing {% \pgfcalendarweekdayname{#1}\space }% \ord{#4}~\pgfcalendarmonthname{#3} \number#2% } % Define command to convert ISO date to a form that can be used by \datefmt: \newcommand*{\printdate}[1]{% \pgfcalendardatetojulian{#1}{\julianday}% \pgfcalendarjuliantodate{\julianday}{\thisyear}{\thismonth}{\thisday}% \pgfcalendarjuliantoweekday{\julianday}{\dayofweek}% % Now display the date: \datefmt[\dayofweek]{\thisyear}{\thismonth}{\thisday}% } % Redefine \today to use the same format: \renewcommand*{\today}{% \pgfcalendardatetojulian{\year-\month-\day}{\julianday}% \pgfcalendarjuliantoweekday{\julianday}{\dayofweek}% \datefmt[\dayofweek]{\year}{\month}{\day}% } % Check if babel is used with the british option: \AtBeginDocument{% \ifdef{\datebritish}% check if \datebritish exists {% it does exist, so redefine it \renewcommand*{\datebritish}{% \renewcommand*{\today}{% \pgfcalendardatetojulian{\year-\month-\day}{\julianday}% \pgfcalendarjuliantoweekday{\julianday}{\dayofweek}% \datefmt[\dayofweek]{\year}{\month}{\day}% }% }% }% {}% doesn't exist, do nothing } \endinputAnd here's the code for the sample document:
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{mycustomdatetime} \begin{document} The file \jobname.tex was last modified on: \filedate{\jobname.tex}. The PDF was built by \TeX\ on: \pdfnow. Format a specific time (Zulu time): \timefmt{8}{10}{35}{+0:00}. Format a specific time (non-Zulu time): \timefmt{8}{10}{35}{+1:00} or \timefmt{8}{10}{35}{-4:30} or \timefmt{8}{10}{35}{+5:45}. Format a specific time without a time zone: \timefmt{8}{10}{35}{}. Format a specific time with a time zone but without seconds: \timefmt{8}{10}{}{+00:00}. Format a specific time without a time zone or seconds: \timefmt{8}{10}{}{}. \end{document}
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