Ftime

Testing the MarkupExpression ftime

Today is 2025-05-20 Tue in PmWikiland where its is 16:36:38

 {(ftime %F -7days)}
 {(ftime %F when="2007-08-14 -1days")}
 {(ftime %F when="2007-08-14 -1 days")}
 {(ftime %F when="2007-08-14 -1 day")}
 {(ftime %F "2007-04-11 -4 days")}

 {(ftime %F when="2007-01-24 +1 day")}
 {(ftime %F when="2007-01-24 +1day")}
 {(ftime %F "+1 day")} ?today +1 use quotes
 {(ftime %F +1day)} ?today +1

 2025-05-13
 2007-08-13
 2007-08-13
 2007-08-13
 2007-04-07

 2007-01-25
 2007-01-25
 2025-05-21 ?today +1 use quotes
 2025-05-21 ?today +1

 {(ftime when=" ")}
 {(ftime %s)}
 {(ftime %s " ")}
 {(ftime %s when="")}
 {(ftime fmt=%F when="2007-08-14 -1days")}

 December 31, 1969, at 11:59 PM
 1747758998
 -1
 -1
 2007-08-13

 {(ftime News-20070501)}

 May 01, 2007, at 12:00 AM

 {(ftime MarchingOrders2007)}

 May 20, 2025, at 04:36 PM

 {(ftime 1177600111)}

 May 20, 2025, at 04:36 PM

 {(ftime %s)}

1747758998

 {(ftime @1177600111)}

 April 26, 2007, at 03:08 PM

 {(ftime fmt="%b %#d %Y" when="second mon of Jan")}
 {(ftime fmt="%b %#d %Y" when="second tue of Feb")}
 {(ftime fmt="%b %#d %Y" when="second wed of Mar")}
 {(ftime fmt="%b %e %Y" when="second thu of Apr")}
 {(ftime fmt="%b %e %Y" when="second fri of May")}
 {(ftime fmt="%b %e %Y" when="second sat of Jun")}
 {(ftime fmt="%b %e %Y" when="third  sun of Jul")}
 {(ftime fmt="%b %e %Y" when="fourth mon of Aug")}
 {(ftime fmt="%b %e %Y" when="first  tue of Sep")}
 {(ftime fmt="%b %e %Y" when="second wed of Oct")}
 {(ftime fmt="%b %e %Y" when="third  thu of Nov")}
 {(ftime fmt="%b %e %Y" when="first  wed of Dec")}
----
 {(ftime fmt="%b %e %Y" when="second Monday of January")}
 {(ftime fmt="%b %e %Y" when="second Tuesday of February")}
...
 {(ftime fmt="%b %e %Y" when="first Wednesday of December")}

 Jan 13 2025
 Feb 11 2025
 Mar 12 2025
 Apr 10 2025
 May  9 2025
 Jun 14 2025
 Jul 20 2025
 Aug 25 2025
 Sep  2 2025
 Oct  8 2025
 Nov 20 2025
 Dec  3 2025

 Jan 13 2025
 Feb 11 2025

...

 Dec  3 2025

All these work on my own server, with or without the changes in DRange() for 2.2.69. --Petko October 19, 2014, at 06:12 AM

Testing relative GNU date input formats

Today is 2025-05-20 Tue

? marks an unsatisfactory result

 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "1 mon")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "2 tue")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "3 wed")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "4 thu")} ?

 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "1 sat")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "2 sat")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "3 sat")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "4 sat")} 

 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "tuesday")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "last tue")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "this tue")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "next tue")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "thursday")}

 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "last week")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "this week")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "next week")}

 2025 May 26 Mon
 2025 May 27 Tue
 2025 Jun 04 Wed
 2025 Jun 12 Thu ?

 2025 May 24 Sat
 2025 May 31 Sat
 2025 Jun 07 Sat
 2025 Jun 14 Sat 

 2025 May 20 Tue
 2025 May 13 Tue
 2025 May 20 Tue
 2025 May 27 Tue ?
 2025 May 22 Thu

 2025 May 12 Mon
 2025 May 19 Mon
 2025 May 26 Mon

All the above are correct; "4 thu" means "Thursday the fourth week", knowing that "next Thursday" is "this Thursday" or "Thursday the first week". --Petko

 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "last month")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "this month")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "next month")}

 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "June")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "last June")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "this June")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "next June")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "last Aug")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "this Aug")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "next Aug")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "October")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "last Oct")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "this Oct")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "next Oct")} ?

 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "last year")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "this year")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "next year")}

 2025 Apr 20 Sun ?
 2025 May 20 Tue
 2025 Jun 20 Fri

 2025 Jun 20 Fri ?
 2025 May 20 Tue ?
 2025 May 20 Tue ?
 2025 May 20 Tue ?
 2025 May 20 Tue ?
 2025 May 20 Tue ?
 2025 May 20 Tue ?
 2025 Oct 20 Mon ?
 2025 May 20 Tue ?
 2025 May 20 Tue ?
 2025 May 20 Tue ?

 2024 May 20 Mon
 2025 May 20 Tue
 2026 May 20 Wed

 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "3 wed")}
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "wed 3")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "3 wed aug")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "aug 3 wed")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "aug wed 3")} ?

 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "3 wed this aug")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "this aug 3 wed")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "3 wed aug this year")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "aug this year 3 wed")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "this year aug 3 wed")} ?
 {(ftime "%Y %b %d %a" "this year aug wed 3")} ?

 2025 Jun 04 Wed
 2025 May 20 Tue ?
 2025 Sep 03 Wed ?
 2025 Aug 06 Wed ?
 2025 May 20 Tue ?

 2025 May 20 Tue ?
 2025 May 20 Tue ?
 2025 Sep 03 Wed ?
 2025 Sep 03 Wed ?
 2025 Aug 06 Wed ?
 2025 May 20 Tue ?

If something is unsatisfactory with relative dates, the reason is the strtotime function in PHP, not PmWiki which uses the date this function recognizes and returns. See also Relative formats on which relative dates are recognized, for example "this/last/next Aug" is not among the ones that are expected to be recognized. --Petko October 19, 2014, at 06:08 AM

added Version 2.3.0 (2022-01-15)
{(ftime %o)} {(ftime "%o")} {(ftime "%Y %b %d%o %a")}	th th 2025 May 20th Tue

added Version 2.3.12 (2022-09-25)
{(ftime "%L")} {(ftime "%L" "-4minutes")} {(ftime "%L" "-4hours")} {(ftime "%L" "-4days")} {(ftime "%L" "-4months")} {(ftime "%L" "-4years")} {(ftime "%L" "2022-09-25")} {(ftime "%L" "-9months")} {(ftime "%L" "-10months")} {(ftime "%L" "-11months")} {(ftime "%L" "-12months")} A stamp in the future is unexpected,\\ we should handle it better: {(ftime "%L" "+6days")} {(ftime "%L" "+6months")} (±DST)	16:36 16:32 12:36 05/16 01/20 05/20/2021 09/25/2022 08/20 07/20 06/20/2024 05/20/2024 A stamp in the future is unexpected, we should handle it better: 16:36 16:36 (±DST)

added Version 2.3.12 (2022-09-25)

 {(ftime "%L")}
 {(ftime "%L" "-4minutes")}
 {(ftime "%L" "-4hours")}
 {(ftime "%L" "-4days")}
 {(ftime "%L" "-4months")}
 {(ftime "%L" "-4years")}
 {(ftime "%L" "2022-09-25")}

 {(ftime "%L" "-9months")}
 {(ftime "%L" "-10months")}
 {(ftime "%L" "-11months")}
 {(ftime "%L" "-12months")}

A stamp in the future is unexpected,\\
we should handle it better:
 {(ftime "%L" "+6days")}
 {(ftime "%L" "+6months")} (±DST)

A stamp in the future is unexpected,
we should handle it better:

 16:36
 16:36 (±DST)