Parameters
| Parameter |
Description |
Default |
"format" |
format |
$day $month $year - $hour:$min |
%GMTIME% uses the default date format defined by the {DefaultDateFormat} setting in
configure
| Token: |
Unit: |
Example |
$seconds |
seconds |
59 |
$minutes |
minutes |
59 |
$hours |
hours |
23 |
$day |
day of month |
31 |
$wday |
day of the Week (Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat) |
Thu |
$dow |
day of the week (Sun = 0) |
2 |
$week |
number of week in year (ISO 8601) |
34 |
$month |
short name of month |
Dec |
$mo |
2 digit month |
12 |
$year |
4 digit year |
1999 |
$ye |
2 digit year |
99 |
$tz |
either "GMT" (if set to gmtime), or "Local" (if set to servertime) |
GMT |
$iso |
ISO format timestamp |
2025-10-22T21:54:49Z |
$rcs |
RCS format timestamp |
2025/10/22 21:54:49 |
$http |
E-mail & http format timestamp |
Wed, 22 October 2025 21:54:49 GMT |
$epoch |
Number of seconds since 00:00 on 1st January, 1970 |
1761170089 |
Tokens can be shortened to 3 characters
Examples
-
%GMTIME% expands to 22 Oct 2025 - 21:54
-
%GMTIME{"$day $month, $year - $hour:$min:$sec"}% expands to 22 October, 2025 - 21:54:49 
When used in a template topic, this macro will be expanded when the template is used to create a new topic. See
TemplateTopics for details.